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1 week ago |
wrvo.org | Erika Beras |Willa Rubin |Marianne McCune
American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars have contributed to innovations like: Drone technology. Inhalable Covid vaccines. Google search code. The Trump administration is cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. Federal funding for all kinds of science is at its lowest level in decades.
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2 weeks ago |
wrvo.org | Kenny Malone |Keith Romer |Marianne McCune |James Sneed
Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators!From the more practical (like sales for lipstick going up and men's underwear going down) to the absurd and nonsensical (like babysitter buns coming back into style?) — people are posting to social media every little sign they see that a recession is coming. And we LOVE it.
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2 weeks ago |
npr.org | Kenny Malone |Keith Romer |Marianne McCune |James Sneed
How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1252663619/1269345350" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Romain Costaseca/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Romain Costaseca/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators! From the more practical (like...
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4 weeks ago |
npr.org | Greg Rosalsky |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee
Is the reign of the dollar over? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250191994/1269294139" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A clerk poses with US dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024.
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Erika Beras |Marianne McCune |Willa Rubin
Why it's so hard to find a public toilet Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248664709/1269247904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA. Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin hide caption toggle caption Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA.
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