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About Your Extended Warranty

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About Your Extended Warranty

Calls about "extended auto warranties" blow up our phones over and over. But what are these robocalls actually offering? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

About Your Extended Warranty

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Indicator Favs: How An Econ Experiment Changed Lives
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Indicator Favs: How An Econ Experiment Changed Lives

Cardiff picked our final installment of favorites week. We learn about an experiment that led to more low-income students attending an elite college. Sometimes all it takes is the right nudge.

Indicator Favs: How An Econ Experiment Changed Lives

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How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost

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How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost

Today's show: the arcane laws that have cost Black landowners their property, and the lawyer who is trying to fix those laws. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost

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Indicator Favs: The Rise Of The Machines
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Indicator Favs: The Rise Of The Machines

In today's classic, the robots take over the show from Cardiff and Stacey as we continue our week of favorite episodes.

Indicator Favs: The Rise Of The Machines

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Indicator Favs: The Recession Predictor
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Indicator Favs: The Recession Predictor

It wouldn't be favorites week at The Indicator without the yield curve. Meet it again for the first time in this classic from the first time Cardiff brought it to the show.

Indicator Favs: The Recession Predictor

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Indicator Favs: Let's Get Ready To Retail
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Indicator Favs: Let's Get Ready To Retail

This week we're picking our favorite Indicators and adding a little behind the scenes peek. Today, the first time Stacey and Cardiff realized they share a taste for the bizarre in podcasting.

Indicator Favs: Let's Get Ready to Retail

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Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye

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Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye

We look at housing prices in Montana, an oil market milestone, and give a fond farewell. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye

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Peak Gasoline And Cardiff Fare Thee Well
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Peak Gasoline And Cardiff Fare Thee Well

On this very special episode of Indicators of the Week, we talk about the decline of demand for gasoline and reflect on the past three years of the show with Cardiff.

Peak Gasoline And Cardiff Fare Thee Well

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The Virtual Office
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The Virtual Office

The Indicator team has been working remotely for about a year now. While remote work has its perks, sometimes we miss sharing an office space. Can virtual reality help bridge the gap?

The Virtual Office

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The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)

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The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)

When the popular card game Magic: The Gathering entered a speculative bubble, its creators found a way to keep it from bursting. We check in to see if their strategy is still working. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)

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15 Million N95s Without A Buyer
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15 Million N95s Without A Buyer

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic led to an N95 mask shortage. Now there's still a shortage, but many American mask manufacturers can't sell their masks. We break down the reasons why.

15 Million N95s Without A Buyer

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Schmoozing And The Gender Gap
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Schmoozing And The Gender Gap

Women now make up nearly half of entry level work workers, but there's still a gap higher up on the corporate ladder. One possibility for why this is happening? Schmoozing.

Schmoozing And The Gender Gap

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Boats And Bull Markets: Indicators Of The Week
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Boats And Bull Markets: Indicators Of The Week

On Indicators of the week, we discuss the Suez Canal blockage hindering global trade and the stock market recovery since last year's low point. Plus, listeners chime in with their indicators!

Boats And Bull Markets: Indicators Of The Week

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Socialism 101

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Socialism 101

Today on the show: The critics of capitalism. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Socialism 101

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Stimulus And The Shopper
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Stimulus And The Shopper

Stimulus checks have started to hit many Americans' bank accounts. Will this give an extra boost, or maybe even a lifeline, to retailers?

Stimulus And The Shopper

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Facebook And The News: It's Complicated
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Facebook And The News: It's Complicated

Many media outlets think they need to be on Facebook to reach people. So why did New Zealand's biggest news publisher decide to go it alone?

Facebook And The News: It’s Complicated

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You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

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You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

Listeners send us questions every day. It's about time we answer a few of them. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

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Rise of the Robocall

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Rise of the Robocall

Americans get billions of robocalls every month. They are almost universally despised, so how have they managed to stick around? The answer lies in the economics, of course.

Rise of the Robocall

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Myths And Realities Of America's Rural Economy
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Myths And Realities Of America's Rural Economy

Rural communities are sometimes perceived as farmland with a homogenous population, but economist Gbenga Ajilore helps us explain the demographic and economic diversity within Rural America.

Myths And Realities Of America’s Rural Economy

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