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The Indicator@theindicator
5 May 2023
🧵(1/2) Heads up that tonight’s Jobs Friday episode tweet will be our last for awhile. We’ve decided to take a break from Twitter. 💔 We’ll big time miss #econtwitter and hearing from listeners. Please continue to write to us, listen and subscribe ...
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Whether workers are quitting or being laid off or fired tells us a lot about worker power. @aaronsojourner joins the show to talk about the #laborleverageratio that measures this difference. And if you’re wondering, yes there will be airhorn. npr.org/1174384859

Who's the boss in today's labor market? : The Indicator from Planet Money

It's one thing to quit your job and a completely other thing to get laid off or fired. A new indicator compares quits with firings and layoffs to measure who has more power in today's labor market,...

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🧵(1/2) Heads up that tonight’s Jobs Friday episode tweet will be our last for awhile. We’ve decided to take a break from Twitter. 💔 We’ll big time miss #econtwitter and hearing from listeners. Please continue to write to us, listen and subscribe ...
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Let us know if there’s anywhere else you want us to be! For now you can find us here: Email: indicator@npr.org Facebook: n.pr/3h92GwS Instagram: n.pr/3FqLuws TikTok: n.pr/3sGZdrq Subscribe to our newsletter: n.pr/3DpXQm8
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As a candidate, Joe Biden promised to make climate change a priority. But as president, he’s seemed friendly to oil and gas. What gives? npr.org/2023/04/28/117284634…

President Biden: Climate champion or fossil fuel friend? : The Indicator from Planet Money

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make climate change a major priority, But since taking office, President Joe Biden seems pretty friendly to the fossil fuel industry. What gives?For...

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“There is no limit on how much of that we can do … other than that it must meet the test under the law.” – Jerome Powell @jeannasmialek talks about her new book on the Fed, Limitless npr.org/1173424484

ALT The Limit Does Not Exist! - Lindsey Lohan In Mean Girls GIF

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🚨 Who wants to be in this week's Jobs Friday?! 🚨 If you recently left a job, either you quit or were fired or laid off, send us a 30 second voice memo and tell us what happened --> indicator@npr.org
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and thank you to everyone who's already submitted 🙏
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How a banking system originally designed to support affordable housing ended up loaning billions to failing banks like First Republic. w @aarondklein @mrsgirma npr.org/1173426872

The banking system that loaned billions to SVB and First Republic : The Indicator from Planet Money

Unsung hero of the financial system or enabler of failing banks? Today on the show, how the Federal Home Loan Bank system, originally designed to support homeownership and affordable housing, ended...

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The Indicator@theindicator
27 Apr 2023
Drop us a 30 second voicemail with your name and what happened and you could be featured in the next Jobs Friday! Send to <<indicator@npr.org>>
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The Fed on Silicon Valley Bank: Our bad. npr.org/2023/05/01/117317509…

SVB, now First Republic: How it all started : The Indicator from Planet Money

The turmoil in the banking industry isn't over yet. Today, First Republic Bank was seized, following the failures of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank back in March. How did we get here? And how...

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It’s the end of influencer week and there’s still so much to cover! We’ll take a crack at it today. npr.org/1170524155
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The world of influencing reproduces and amplifies a lotta IRL dynamics. From sneaky contracts to discrimination, the industry’s dark underbelly. npr.org/1170524093

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Lots of people are changing jobs – but was it your choice or your employer’s? Did you quit or were you laid off or fired? Help us with an unscientific poll to measure worker power! ⬇️
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Drop us a 30 second voicemail with your name and what happened and you could be featured in the next Jobs Friday! Send to <<indicator@npr.org>>
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Bonus points if you start the voice memo with “It’s not me, it’s you…” or “It’s not you…it’s me”
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26 Apr 2023
My first interview with NPR 🎉 and pretty much a dream topic: the professionalization of being an influencer. Thank you @radiosmith @CoreyTBridges @DarianWoods for including me! x.com/theindicator/status/16…

The Indicator@theindicator
26 Apr 2023
We all want to do what we love with no boss, right? Today, how a generation grew up believing they could make that dream a reality through ~influencing~ It’s the 3rd of our 5 part series on the influencer industry, with @liahaberman & @jalynbaiden npr.org/1170524085
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We all want to do what we love with no boss, right? Today, how a generation grew up believing they could make that dream a reality through ~influencing~ It’s the 3rd of our 5 part series on the influencer industry, with @liahaberman & @jalynbaiden npr.org/1170524085

Gen Z's dream job in the influencer industry : The Indicator from Planet Money

'Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life,' they said. How Gen Z is trying to do just that through ~influencing~For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscr...

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Kendall Hoyt is a fashion influencer with 500,000 followers on TikTok. She still works another full-time job, which is not unusual. npr.org/1170524077
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A few thousand followers ain’t gonna cut it if you want to make a full-time living as an influencer npr.org/1170524077
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