Boeing's biggest blunder? Financial engineering.
Update: 2024-12-03
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Boeing continues to struggle. Safety concerns, a door blowing off mid-flight, a labor strike, impending layoffs ... and that's just the past year.
What's gone wrong at Boeing? For many observers, the mistake was shifting focus from engineering to financial engineering.
Today on the show we explain what financial engineering is and why this cultural change at Boeing may have led to the company's current problems.
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What's gone wrong at Boeing? For many observers, the mistake was shifting focus from engineering to financial engineering.
Today on the show we explain what financial engineering is and why this cultural change at Boeing may have led to the company's current problems.
Related Episodes:
Help Wanted at Boeing
Boeing's woes, Bilt jilts, and the Indicator's stock rally
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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