We’re going whale watching today. No, not orcas or great blues, but financial traders that place big bets on something called options. On today’s show, who are these option whales and do their bets always pay off?
FYI, we are going on a book tour! Planet Money’s first ever book comes out in April. We’ll be celebrating in about a dozen cities. There’s a limited edition tote bag included with your ticket, while supplies last. Details, dates and how to get your ticket at planetmoneybook.com. Related episodes: Invest like a Congress member For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3266: New Year Fireworks
Episode: 3266 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Lunar New Year. Today, we ring the new year in with a bang.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3266: New Year Fireworks
Episode: 3266 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Lunar New Year. Today, we ring the new year in with a bang.
Audio Mises Wire - Nock’s War on the State
Before Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for total abolishment of the state, he did want as minimal a state as could be had.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nocks-war-state
Audio Mises Wire - The End of Artificial Employment
AI is not the killer—it is the coroner.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/end-artificial-employment
Audio Mises Wire - Antebellum Federal Protections of Slavery
Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the federal government—not just slave states—had implemented legal protections of slavery by policy for decades.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/antebellum-federal-protections-slavery
The Indicator from Planet Money - Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs
You asked, we answered.
On today’s show, we tackle questions from our dear listeners on whether AI interviewers are biased, what the heck M2 money supply is, and what’s up with the frenzied mobs fighting for rotisserie chickens at the grocery store.
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When AI is your job interviewer
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Retirement luck, Hassett hassles the Fed, and boneless chicken in ... court?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3353: Sandrin
Episode: 3353 An example showing how music, like other technologies, evolves. Today, a lesson from an old song.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3353: Sandrin
Episode: 3353 An example showing how music, like other technologies, evolves. Today, a lesson from an old song.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1530: The Medieval Mason
Episode: 1530 Medieval masons and the mischief of success. Today, we meet a medieval mason.