Episodes (Page 11)
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Furniture design and trends are determined years in advance by decision-makers in High Point, North Carolina, before consumers think about purchasing.
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Real estate developer Gina Leto discovered a critical problem $800,000 into construction when her lawyer revealed her property title had been compromised.
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The episode examines economic consequences of mass deportations by reviewing a prior US immigration crackdown intended to help the economy.
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German farmers in the Osing region participate in a centuries-old lottery called Osingverlosung that randomly redistributes communal farmland every ten years.
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Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) is a breakthrough technology that enables production of the world's most advanced microchips used in AI and other applications.
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Market signals following the 2024 election reveal what investors are betting on regarding Trump's economic policies, including tariffs, regulation, taxes, and spending.
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The federal government tested whether housing vouchers allowing people to move from high-poverty to low-poverty neighborhoods could improve jobs, earnings, and education.
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Military veteran Ray Queen and tens of thousands of others were stranded on the brink of foreclosure due to errors in the VA's COVID forbearance program.
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Data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of people, including incidents at Ticketmaster, AT&T, and Advance Auto Parts via Snowflake cloud services, raise questions about personal data security.
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Hospitals experience persistent shortages of cheap, common generic drugs like dextrose and saline despite their simplicity to manufacture.
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The Indicator's Love Week series explores the business of romance, beginning with how television executives mass-produce seasonal rom-coms through predictable formulas.
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Companies have increasingly shifted from selling individual products to offering subscription services for razors, meal kits, car washes, and other goods.
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Survey of 188 economists identifies the most misunderstood terms in economics that confuse the general public
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Ports are the backbone of global economy; longshoreman's strike closed eastern ports for 3 days, raising questions about import infrastructure
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Washington state implements ambitious cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, establishing limits while letting markets determine most efficient decarbonization methods
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Lawyer advertising barely existed 50 years ago due to state bar prohibitions; now ubiquitous with creative, memorable commercials
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Venezuela had economic advantages (oil, fertile land, educated population, tourism potential) but made catastrophic decisions during oil boom that created economic time bomb
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Planet Money challenges itself to find economic meaning in most obscure and esoteric topics submitted by listeners
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JD Vance and Tim Walz represent different economic philosophies ahead of the vice presidential debate
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Table saws cause 30,000 emergency room injuries yearly with 3,000 amputations; inventor Steve Gass developed saw detecting fingers and stopping blade in milliseconds