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1 week ago | 
npr.org | Lilly Quiroz |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
If you've ever passed through airport customs overseas and been refunded a VAT — or value added tax — for souvenirs, you've benefited from the VAT system. But President Trump says VAT is unfair to the U.S. On today's episode, we learn what VAT is and what it isn't.
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1 week ago | 
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
How much is a weather forecast worth?
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1 week ago | 
npr.org | Darian Woods |Amanda Aronczyk |Adrian Ma |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon |Julia Ritchey
More change at the IRS, stocks and bonds depress, and robots come to destress : The Indicator from Planet Money Today on the show, we discuss why the IRS is sharing some taxpayer information, why bonds and stocks both fell, and how robots will replace you,or at least most of your chore wheel, in the near future. Related episodes: Why are stocks and bonds both falling? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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2 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey
President Trump claims a main goal of his crippling tariffs is to address the U.S. trade deficit. So is the U.S. trade deficit a problem? On today's show, why we'll never have a trade surplus with every single country; what the benefits of a trade deficit are; and whether or not the trade deficit affects jobs.
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2 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
What's so bad about a trade deficit? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1243384806/1268999286" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump claims a main goal of his crippling tariffs is to address the U.S. trade deficit. So is the U.S. trade deficit a problem?
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2 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
How states are scooping up federal workers Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242780104/1268913950" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Indicator hosts, from left, Darian Woods, Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong. (Julia Ritchey / NPR) Julia Ritchey/NPR hide caption toggle caption Julia Ritchey/NPR Indicator hosts, from left, Darian Woods, Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong.
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3 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Darian Woods |Angel Carreras |Keith Romer |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
Missing taxes, spiking copper and Napster's re-re-rebirth Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241388990/1268552447" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Thomas Lohnes/DDP/AFP via Getty Images Thomas Lohnes/DDP/AFP via Getty Images On Indicators of the Week, we look at a huge projected tax shortfall, the price of copper and the afterlife of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that refuses to die....
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Cooper McKim |Lilly Quiroz |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon
How's ... everybody doing? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1240671758/1268367291" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Indicator host Darian Woods. (Angel Carreras / NPR) Angel Carreras/NPR hide caption toggle caption Angel Carreras/NPR Indicator host Darian Woods. (Angel Carreras / NPR) Angel Carreras/NPR What's one word you'd use to describe the 2025 economy?
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon
Why there's no referee for the trade war Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1239428616/1268085413" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the U.S. helped create the World Trade Organization, a group of countries linked by a common set of free trade agreements.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Kate Dario |Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
Why is the federal government still killing coyotes? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1239050327/1267808522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Erica Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Erica Baradat/AFP via Getty Images The federal government spends millions of dollars each year on wildlife damage management, a program that includes killing thousands of coyotes.
