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This is the indicator from planet money. I'm Darian Woods.

And I'm Ricky Mulvey. The U.S.-Israel war with Iran has a grave human cost.

And all across the world, there's a growing financial cost,

too. Higher gas prices, delayed international flights. This is what economists call a supply shock.

The fossil fuels that power our factories, ships, and planes are suddenly a lot more expensive.

So we wanted to hear from the people in America whose economic livelihoods

are particularly sensitive to the war in the Middle East. Yeah, oil and gas are inputs into so

many things around us, plastics, fertilizer, even medicines. So today on the show, we'll hear

from a truck driver about rising transportation costs.

We'll ask an Iowa corn farmer about what he's doing as fertilizer prices shoot through the roof.

And we'll speak with an entrepreneur who's got a few words for you, an alternative to plastics.

We're on a tour of economic ripple effects from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, especially as they touch America.

And maybe the side effect that's most in our face when we're driving anywhere is what we see on gas station signs.

The price of fuel is particularly important for truckers like Forrest Atkinson.

I live full time out of this truck, so it's my home and I just get to go out and have adventures.

When we spoke, she was just delivering some packaging to a factory that makes cheese.

Can I get you to sign it?

Yeah, or I can we copy for you?

Okay, like, yeah, like...

And yeah, as she drives around the U.S.,

forest is facing higher diesel

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