if brat summer means 'investigating how military brats' locations affected their later socio-economic outcomes' then The Indicator is ready!! npr.org/2024/07/09/119…

A fun piece with The Indicator/Planet money team on, ahem, "nontraditional" economic indicators in China....baijiu! npr.org/2024/07/15/119…

Koch-backed herring fishers helped the Supreme Court throw the government rule book overboard — but that rule book initially benefitted free-market policies npr.org/2024/07/17/119…

Despite the hype, could there be a case that the implications of AI are actually UNDER-appreciated? A fun polemic with Paul Daugherty, tylercowen and Greg Rosalsky npr.org/2024/07/24/119…

Should we expect AI to usher in revolutionary changes for the economy in the next decade? Daron Acemoglu: No, definitely not. I mean, unless you count a lot of companies overinvesting in Generative AI and then regretting it as a revolutionary change. Ouch. npr.org/2024/07/25/119…

At $8.7 billion, Paris is a colossal failure in planning, costing more than double its bid, despite retrofits trying to save money. Every single Olympics studied by Prof Bent Flyvbjerg and Alexander Budzier has been over budget. Prof Bent Flyvbjerg breaks it down: npr.org/2024/08/01/119…

Globalization is dead. Long live... a new form of globalization? I sat down with the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to learn how the UK is positioning itself following Brexit & the pandemic, in the face of conflicts & climate change. npr.org/2024/08/07/119…

Similar companies offering unlimited PTO are rated 2.5% worse on work-life balance. That's according to analysis of job review sites by Revelio Labs. More on today's The Indicator podcast: npr.org/2024/08/19/119…

Taking a break from vacation to share this The Indicator piece about unlimited vacation. The letter of the law is not as important as "systems and culture" in determining whether employees are happy with their vacation plans npr.org/2024/08/19/119…

I spoke to the Tax Policy Center's Howard Gleckman on IF WE MUST make tips tax-free, how to minimizing gaming? His ideas: - Income limit - Defined industries w/ - IRS budget boost - Raise tipped minimum wage Ultimately, he says "it's a terrible idea." npr.org/2024/08/20/119…

This deserves a lot of attention

Mortgage interest rates are falling — now 6.35%. And they could fall further if the market matches historical patterns. The mortgage-Treasuries spread mystery, solved: npr.org/transcripts/11…

Fun times with Lauren Balik and everyone else at the NVIDIA earnings party npr.org/2024/08/30/119…

The Financial Times just released an augmented reality version of New Zealand economist Bill Phillips’ MONIAC machine