Once relegated to supermarket aisles, romance books are now mainstream. And authors, an often-maligned group within publishing, have found greater commercial success than many writers in other genres. On today's episode of Love Week, our series on the business of romance, we find out how romance novelists rode the e-book wave and networked with each other to achieve their happily-for-now status in the industry.
Read more by Christine Larson, Priscilla Oliveras and Natalie Caña.
Thanks to Grant-Lee Phillips for our theme song and Kaitlin Brito for artwork.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Education Entrepreneurs Ramping Up
Education entrepreneurship has grown dramatically since the pandemic. Kerry McDonald details how to protect these innovative learning environments from regulators.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - It’s Love Week! How the TV holiday rom-com got so successful
Welcome to Love Week on the Indicator, our weeklong series exploring the business and economic side of romance. On today's show, we fire up the gas logs and pour a mug of cocoa to discuss the made-for-TV rom-com machine, and how television executives learned to mass produce seasonal romance.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?
The question of why some countries are rich and some poor has been described as the most important question in economics.
Perhaps that is why the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson for their work on the importance of institutions in the economic fortunes of nation states.
Tim Harford explains the economic theory that underpins their award.
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Reporter: Tim Harford Producer: Bethan Ashmead Latham Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Giles Aspen Editor: Richard Vadon
The Indicator from Planet Money - Reversing shrinkflation (via potato chips) and other indicators
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 us to talk natural disaster loans, election prediction markets and ... potato chips?
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On today's episode: NHPR's Nate Hegyi, host of the podcast Outside/In, joins us to talk natural disaster loans, election prediction markets and ... potato chips?
Related Episodes:
What's with all the tiny soda cans? And other grocery store mysteries, solved.
A market to bet on the future
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Cato Daily Podcast - Taking Back Congressional Power over Tariffs and Trade
The freedom to trade is morally good. Congress has sadly delegated many of its powers over trade to the White House. That poses particular risks today. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discusses his efforts at reclaiming legislative power over trade.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Rebranding ‘the world’s most dangerous private army’
When the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin died in an exploding plane widely attributed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, it wasn't clear what would happen. Today, why the Wagner Group has been called the world's most dangerous private army, its relationship with Russia and how its business model creates a blueprint for others to follow.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Dispelling the Fear and Loathing over Ranked-Choice Voting
As many voters will consider changes to voting processes, what does recent experience tell us about ranked-choice voting? Walter Olson explains.
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Curious City - This Episode Is Garbage
Chicago collects thousands of tons of garbage each year. We answer some questions about garbage, and follow an all-women collection crew on the job.
The Indicator from Planet Money - Can the yield curve still predict recessions?
Two years ago, the yield curve inverted. That means short-term interest rates on Treasury bonds were unusually higher than long-term interest rates. When that's happened in the past, a recession has come. In fact, the inverted yield curve has predicted every recession since 1969 ... until now. Today, are we saying goodbye to the inverted yield curve's flawless record?
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The inverted yield curve is screaming RECESSION (Apple / Spotify)
Yield curve jitters
Two Yield Curve Indicators
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