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Across the U.S., millions of people are feeling the burden of high housing costs. During his campaign, president-elect Donald Trump promised to do something about that. But what exactly is that something? Today on the show, NPR’s business correspondent, Laurel

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Mass deportations. What would actually happen—economically—if the President-elect follows through on promises to deport millions of people from America. We don’t have to guess. Today we have two stories from Planet Money’s daily podcast, The Indicator. First, the story from

Today, we’re sharing an episode of a podcast that we’ve enjoyed, and think you will, too! It’s called The Economics of Everyday Things. It’s made by the Freakonomics Radio Network and on each of its episodes, host Zachary Crockett uncovers

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1% and 12,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy during October. It’s a lower-than-expected jobs number, from a period that saw two significant hurricanes in the southeast

Immigration is a top concern among U.S. voters this election cycle. But Zeke Hernandez, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies immigration,thinks politicians and the media aren’t giving the public the full story. Too often, he argues, they

We ask economists for their expertise all the time on The Indicator, so why not their tips on love? On our final installment of Love Week, we ask economist Tim Harford to answer listeners’ relationship quandaries, from paying for a

It’s … Indicators of the Week! It’s that time of week where we look at the most intriguing indicators from this last week of economic and business news. On today’s episode: NHPR’s Nate Hegyi, host of the podcast Outside/In, joins