The Indicator from Planet Money
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A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money , The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.
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Episodes
Taxing the final frontier
8m · PublishedToday, we explore why the government is looking to change that and dig into the larger debate over whether human activity in space is a public or private project.
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Economics in space
Planet Money goes to space
Space economics
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Video Game Industry Week: The Final Level
9m · PublishedRelated episodes:
Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible (Apple / Spotify)
The boom and bust of esports (Apple / Spotify)
Work. Crunch. Repeat: Why gaming demands so much of its employees (Apple / Spotify)
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Work. Crunch. Repeat: Why gaming demands so much of its employees
9m · PublishedToday, in the next installment of our series on the business of video games, we speak to several workers in the industry about their experiences with crunch and why they feel unionization is the key to preserving their careers.
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Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible (Apple / Spotify)
The boom and bust of esports (Apple / Spotify)
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The boom and bust of esports
9m · PublishedToday, we dive deep into the hype surrounding esports and why the luster seems to be rubbing off the industry that was once seen by some as the next NBA.
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Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible (Apple / Spotify)
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Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible
9m · PublishedToday, in the next installment of our series on the business of video games, we explain how accessibility has become an increasingly important priority for game developers and how advocates pushed them to this point.
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Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
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Forever games: the economics of the live service model
9m · PublishedToday, the first episode of a week-long series about the video game industry. We investigate the promise and pains of the live service model and explain how it turned the industry upside down.
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Ticketmaster's dominance, Caitlin Clark's paycheck, and other indicators
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Inside the epic fight over new banking regulations
9m · PublishedRelated episodes:
Time to make banks more stressed? (Apple / Spotify)
SVB, now First Republic: How it all started (Apple / Spotify)
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Profiting off greater risk: the reinsurance game
9m · PublishedRelated episodes:
Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more listener questions (Apple / Spotify)
When insurers can't get insurance (Apple / Spotify)
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What is a 'freedom economy'?
9m · PublishedRelated episodes:
A Supreme Court case that could reshape social media (Apple / Spotify)
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The Indicator from Planet Money has 630 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 98:10:24. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on February 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 29th, 2024 22:10.