Summary: Planet Money asks what the hiring process of the future might look like. This podcast takes a look at hiring tests that could determine your next position without you even been present for an interview.
Original Air Date: January 15, 2014
Length: 19 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/09/11/221417806/episode-485-whats-your-major
Summary: How much does your undergraduate major affect your lifetime earnings? Planet Money gives an overview of a recent study revealing the most and least lucrative undergraduate majors and the monetary gap that exists between them.
Original Air Date: September 11, 2013
Length: 16 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/09/21/140643696/operation-twist-explained-in-4-easy-steps
Summary: How does the Fed lower interest rates? This podcast gives a quick, four step process on how the Fed can lower interest rates in order to combat unemployment.
Original Air Date: September 21, 2011
Length: 4 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/10/10/229126568/is-welfare-a-rational-alternative-to-work
Summary: Michael Tanner, a senior fellow from Cato Institutes argues that choosing welfare may be a sound economic decision. How does the system set up choice for individuals? Considers the system, its incentives and the implications for rational economic actors.
Original Air Date: October 4, 2013
Length: 6 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/01/04/168627298/3-d-printing-is-kind-of-a-big-deal
Summary: Is the future of manufacturing here? What is 3-D printing and how will it be applied in the future. This podcast gives a quick overview on the potential market and technological capacities of 3-D printing.
Original Air Date: January 4, 2013
Length: 5 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/06/21/194326482/episode-467-tires-taxes-and-the-grizz
Summary: The prices of tires have been rising over the past five years primarily due to a rise in the price of inputs such as rubber. A tariff imposed by the U.S. government on Chinese tire imports has also contributed to the increase of tire prices. Planet Money outlines the negative impacts on U.S. tire companies resulting from the tariff.
Original Air Date: June 21, 2013
Length: 14 min
Summary: An exploration of both the reasons that workers are leaving the workforce and how the U.S. Labor Department includes such workers (or not) in the unemployment rate.
Length: 4:16 min
Original air date: August 2, 2013
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/08/06/209598383/episode-477-waiting-for-robot-nannies
Summary: A discussion of the cultural obstacles to women in Japan working full time. Includes consideration of the following: impact on the Japanese economy overall, impact on demographics, related issues in the childcare industry, including impediments in the form of unintended consequences of government regulations .
Length: 14:22 min
Original air date: August 6, 2013
Link: http://www.wbur.org/npr/207858449/for-ethiopian-women-construction-jobs-offer-a-better-life
Summary: Discusses the impacts on women and on various markets in Ethiopia as women enter the construction industry. Example of gender pay gap.
Length: 7:49 min
Original air date: August 7, 2013
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/11/160959685/episode-401-four-in-one
Summary: NPR visit Manhattan New York, Brooklyn New York, Germany and the moon in this four-story podcast to consider: the effect of taxis on the infrastructure of a city; the craftsmanship of a bespoke tailor; the complicated aspects of the employment sector in the European Union; and the clever life insurance strategies of the Apollo 11 crew before their launch to the moon.
Original air date: September 11, 2012
Length: 22:21 min
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