NPR: Planet Money

In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave.

Companies are buying back stock from shareholders more than ever. Not everyone thinks that's a good thing.

We rethink everything we know about government spending, taxes, the nature of money... All of it.

The U.S. trade war with China escalated this week. The Trump administration might be underestimating how many options the Chinese government has for responding to American tariffs.

The psychological scars wrought by the 2008 financial crisis are taking a long time to heal. We're a lot more cautious, which has serious implications for the economy.

This week in history: Saudi Arabian oil and the creation of Aramco.

We propose small fixes for baseball, weddings, salary negotiations and buying your morning coffee. Warning: They may be too rational.

Rents in America are leveling off. At last!

Why boom and bust is part and parcel of the emerging economic experience.

How one man took the onion market hostage.

We hear a lot about the effects of the financial crisis on the economy and markets, but what about the lasting effects it had on our psyches?

The availability of work — the availability of jobs for people who want a job and even for people who didn't know they want a job — continues expanding.

Clowns and clowning have been suffering from a chronic branding crisis for decades. Can they fix it?

We crash a party of central bankers to get an answer to one of the biggest economic questions of our time.

In the midst of a deepening economic crisis, a reporter's dilemma.

Demand for Japanese-grown rice is falling. But prices are still going up.

In honor of our 10th anniversary, we revisit our very first episode.

Why free tuition may make for better politics than economics.

People lie when they're looking for a mate online. Today on the Indicator: the lies we tell online, and how often we tell them.

For more than three decades, it was illegal in Alabama to have your baby delivered by a midwife. But last year the state finally legalized midwifery and now it could lead to serious cost savings.

What a hole-in-one gone awry says about the state of charity.

Martha Gimbel of the Hiring Lab at Indeed answers listener questions about the job market.

Computing and the internet should make us more productive. Or should they?! It's an Indicator mystery.

Subaru's sales had been slumping for years. Then they went straight to their biggest fans: Lesbians.

Cardiff gets the lowdown on NAFTA from Soumaya Keynes of The Economist

The next round of trade barriers with China could include a 25 percent levy on Chinese antiquities. One dealer went to Washington to tell Congress why that tariff could hurt our allies and ourselves.

In 1907, America's financial system ran into trouble. Trust in financial institutions evaporated, and contagion swept through the economy. Then John Pierpont Morgan stepped in.

That time we accidentally created a cheese surplus so large it had to be stored in a ginormous cave.

Most people think the best time to start a business is when you're young, but is it?

California just did away with cash bail. But credit where credit is due. New Jersey already tried something similar.

Why do men still make 20 percent more than women in the U.S.?

Creative destruction is a fact of economic life that few products can resist. Graphing calculators are a notable exception.

The Venezuelan economy has collapsed. Years of economic mismanagement and a deepening political crisis have led to a recession. Yet there's one indicator that can capture this economic catastrophe.

When food makes people sick all around the country, an army of germ detectives jumps into action.

"The Art of War" by Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of corporate America's favorite books. But John McWhorter, a linguistics professor at Columbia, isn't convinced about its utility.

GDP has been a great indicator, but it may no longer be enough.

Today on the show: Could New Jersey become the next Napa?

Today's summer economics read is "What Would the Great Economists Do?" by Linda Yueh, who is a great economist herself.

Today's summer book recommendation offers a different approach to the modern workplace.

In honor of the last stretch of summer, The Indicator has selected some economic beach reads! Books that will teach you something about economics and also pair well with a pina colada.

Six states. Three days. One ugly cookie jar. Today on the show: Yard sale!

Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip explains President Donald Trump's emerging economic strategy.

Today on The Indicator: Cardiff and Stacey go deep into the world of the blockchain... to buy a cartoon cat.

How a single cartoon cat can cost $140K.

The line between trash and recycling is moving a lot these days. It's a tough time to be a recycler.

People who've been to prison find it hard to get work once they're free. One solution to the problem may be a simple certificate.

We play overrated/underrated with Tim Harford, author of 'Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy.' We talk messy desks, light bulbs and Dune, the board game.

Today on the Indicator: why companies decide to be publicly-traded or privately-owned. It's all about control. And money.

You have a lot of questions... about tariffs, unemployment rates, and RV dealerships, to name a few. We have answers.

A conversation with Campbell Harvey, whose 1986 thesis first explained how the yield curve could predict the direction of the economy.