Wailin Wong
Stories
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'Indicator from Planet Money': Big banks aren't interested in your savings account
Major banks are paying out more in interest on some deposits. The team at "The Indicator from Planet Money" digs into why big banks aren’t paying you much interest on your plain savings account.
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Should a President have total control over the Fed? Harris and Trump disagree
Should a President have total control over the Fed? Both candidates vying for the presidency have differing points of view.
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The cost of putting on the Olympics is making it harder to find host cities
The Olympic Games almost always comes with a substantial financial burden for a host city. But are cost-benefit analysts too simplistic for how we evaluate their impact?
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'The Indicator from Planet Money': The curious rise of novelty popcorn buckets
Movie theaters are turning to collectible merchandise, like novelty popcorn buckets, to get audiences in the door during a time of declining moviegoing and box office returns.
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'The Indicator from Planet Money': The young trolls of Wall Street are growing up
Retail traders are still buying stocks as much as they were during the pandemic, subverting expectations that they would go away after people returned to work and their pre-COVID lives.
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How to invest like Congress
Traders are using publicly available data to track which lawmakers are reporting big stock market gains. We try to copy them.
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How NVIDIA momentarily became the most valuable company in the world
Twenty years ago, NVIDIA was mainly familiar to avid gamers looking to upgrade their computer. But it turns out their CEO has been steering the ship towards artificial intelligence since then.
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What are "Ghost Jobs"?
A vexing phenomenon is plaguing the labor market. "Ghost jobs" refer to listings by employers that either aren't real or have already been filled but never lead to an actual hire. This is frustrating not only to job seekers but also to the Federal Reserve, which is trying to steer the economy to a stable place.
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What is Dental Therapy and why is the American Dental Association pushing against it?
Dental Therapy could be one solution for improving oral care in underserved rural communities. What new momentum is there for dental therapy, and why is the American Dental Association pushing back?
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Video game creators are working to make games more accessible for disabled people
In an excerpt from NPR's The Sunday Story podcast, we look at how video game companies are adding features to make their products easier to use by people with disabilities.