…obviously it is. At least that’s all I can think now, based on this headline from “Planet Money,” found on the NPR.org homepage. The awesome Laura Conaway notes, in this “Planet Money” blog post, that “In its letter, Goldman acknowledges using high-frequency trading but writes that its systems don’t see ‘client order flow.’” I’m not [...]
Giant banks/lenders can choose their own regulators all they want; Adam Davidson just doesn’t hear ‘sexy bow wow wow’ music when he thinks about it.
The totes adorable Dan Pashman surfaced today with a video for Planet Money. He was strolling around Manhattan when he came across a line – a very long line, with some really weird breaks in it. At first, he thought it was the line for the unemployment office job fair, but he was wrong – [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
NPR’s Planet Money has what they call ‘indicators’ – small observations made by everyday people that give insight into how the economy plays out from day to day. I think I may have found one, on the MAKE: Blog. Apparently, there is some correlation between the speed of popular music and the stability of the [...]
Thursday, October 23, 2008
It seems that stocks are sliding again, despite the Dow having its largest single-day gain in history earlier. I don’t know what that means. I’m trying incredibly hard to understand what’s going on, but it’s all numbers to me, even when someone tries to explain it to me. All I know is that I like [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Since the Great Bryant Park Project Diaspora of late July, we’ve been keeping up with former BPPers via twitter, facebook and the BPP Diner (where you can still get The Most). As far as we can tell, everyone is doing well. Though, it still weirds me out to hear Mike Pesca using his Official NPR [...]
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Why Public Radio Works For Me
One of the things I’ve always loved about the public radio approach is the exploratory attitude the hosts/correspondents/commentators/reporters take when dealing with an unfamiliar topic. This effect is most pronounced when the person talking needs to explain the relevance of the subject. One of the greatest strengths of “Planet Money” is that the show’s staff [...]