Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnthropic’s head of economics answers our questions about AI and the job market
Will AI take my job? On today’s show, Anthropic’s head of economics Peter McCrory sits down with Kimberly to answer our burning questions about artif…
6 days, 16 hours ago
What a time to be a central bank
The Federal Reserve is meeting at the end of this month to figure out what to do with interest rates. They have a tough task ahead of them: weighing …
6 days, 17 hours ago
The cost of keeping the lights on
Power utilities plan to spend $1.4 trillion over the next five years on capital projects. A lot of that boils down to grid maintenance and projects t…
6 days, 20 hours ago
Would you tell your BFF about your credit card debt?
Would you feel comfortable telling your best friend how much debt you’re in? That was the last thing Jamie Feldman wanted to do, but when her credit …
6 days, 22 hours ago
One way to avoid AI altogether? Retire early
The share of older workers is on the decline — about 37% of people age 55 and above are now active in the labor force. About a decade ago, it was aro…
6 days, 22 hours ago
"Resilience" is the word of the week
The results are in, and despite concerns that the war in Iran would dampen big banks’ earnings, they’re doing just fine, thank you. On earnings calls…
1 week ago
So many different flavors of oil
We talk a lot about the price of oil on this show, but there are actually dozens of types of oil. On today's program, we're learning about where they…
1 week ago
Tariff refunds are coming
The Trump administration says it’ll start issuing refunds for tariffs the Supreme Court ruled were collected illegally next week. Customs and Border …
1 week ago
How botnets infiltrate the internet of things
Routers, computers, web cameras — they all connect to the internet. And they can be infected with malicious software that lets someone else take over…
1 week ago
Vietnam is in its workforce golden age
As the U.S. population ages, our economy will rely more on nations with younger workforces. Nations like Vietnam, where there are two working-age adu…
1 week, 1 day ago