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Turkey Business
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Turkey Business

COVID-19-related travel and get-together restrictions are impacting small businesses across the U.S. this holiday season. The Indicator talks to a turkey farmer about how the pandemic has affected business this year.

Turkey Business

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Ant's IPO Woes
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Ant's IPO Woes

Ant Group is a fintech firm that was set to launch with the world's largest ever IPO. But just before its shares started trading, Chinese regulators pulled the plug. NPR's Emily Feng explains why.

Ant's IPO Woes

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The Lessons Of Pets.com
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The Lessons Of Pets.com

by Julia Furlan ,

The tech bubble of the 90s was a time when companies with weak business models and flashy advertising secured massive investments. This is the story of perhaps the most infamous case study: Pets.com.

The Lessons Of Pets.com

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Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (Classic)

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Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (Classic)

One of the few things a new president has a lot of control over is tariff policies. But it wasn't always that way. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (Classic)

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The Case Of The Soaring Car Prices
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The Case Of The Soaring Car Prices

Since April, the price of used cars has surged. Some cars have even gained in value, which is highly unusual for an asset that usually depreciates. Turns out the usual suspects are behind this mystery: supply and demand.

The Case Of The Soaring Car Prices

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The Other Climate Crisis
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The Other Climate Crisis

In the 1980s, a massive hole was discovered in the ozone layer. Since then, economic incentives, innovation, and a historic United Nations conference in Montreal set it on a path to close completely.

The Other Climate Crisis

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Jobs Friday: Not Bad, Not Not Bad
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Jobs Friday: Not Bad, Not Not Bad

The US economy added more than 600,000 jobs in October. Team Indicator assembles the Jobs Friday Ninja squad to get their take.

Jobs Friday: Not Bad, Not Not Bad

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Hacking the Perfect Auction

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Hacking the Perfect Auction

A Nobel-Prize winner spent years designing an auction to sell off the airwaves, which are owned by the public. But Wall Street found a tiny flaw. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Hacking the Perfect Auction

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When Life Gives You Lemons...Start The Mafia?
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When Life Gives You Lemons...Start The Mafia?

The essential ingredient in the birth of the mafia as we know it wasn't the threats or the murders or the other stuff that's great for Hollywood. It was...lemons.

When Life Gives You Lemons...Start The Mafia?

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What Elvis Can Teach Us About Vaccine Marketing
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What Elvis Can Teach Us About Vaccine Marketing

by Sally Herships ,

Development of a coronavirus continues apace. But as many as two-thirds of Americans say they likely won't take it. Which means a successful vaccine will need an effective marketing campaign.

What Elvis Can Teach Us About Vaccine Marketing

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What's Next for the Economy?
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What's Next for the Economy?

A research group at Harvard came up with a faster way to check the economy's pulse. It may change how we fight recessions. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

What's Next for the Economy?

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How Biden And Trump Plan To Reshore Jobs
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How Biden And Trump Plan To Reshore Jobs

Author and economics commentator Matt Klein joins the show to discuss the ways each presidential candidate plans to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States.

How Biden And Trump Plan To Reshore Jobs

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Probability, Gambling, And Death
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Probability, Gambling, And Death

The concept of probability may feel intuitive today, but for much of human history, that wasn't the case. Jacob Goldstein tells the origin story of probability.

Probability, Gambling, And Death

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What Economy Are You Voting For?
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What Economy Are You Voting For?

Two candidates. Two very different ways of thinking about the economy. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

What Economy Are You Voting For?

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What Is Trumponomics?
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What Is Trumponomics?

Danielle Kurtzleben from NPR's Washington Desk breaks down Donald Trump's economic policies and plans for a second term.

What Is Trumponomics?

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Who Gets To Vote In Florida?

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Who Gets To Vote In Florida?

Angel Sanchez was 17 and in prison when he learned felons couldn't vote in Florida. When he got out, he tried to change that. It was working – until money got involved.| Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Who Gets To Vote In Florida?

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The 99% Invisible City With Roman Mars
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The 99% Invisible City With Roman Mars

Podcast host and co-author of The 99% Invisible City Roman Mars joins the show to talk about his new book, the ways people shape their cities, and how to combine beauty & function in design.

The 99% Invisible City With Roman Mars

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