Are we counting jobs right? We answer your listener questions

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Listener questions are back! On today's show, we answer whether universities are banks, how — or if — 401(k) contributions affect the stock market, and whether jobs report numbers account for people holding down multiple jobs. If you have a question you'd like us to answer, email us at indicator@npr.org.

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0:00.0	NPR. This is the indicator for Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma, joined by...
0:16.0	Wailin Wong. And Darren Woods.
0:18.0	And what even is our episode about today, guys?
0:22.0	This is the reason we get up in the morning Adrian
0:23.6	it's a listener questions episode. Ah yes yay yay! That's right.
0:29.9	jinx. Jinx you owe me a Coke. This is the episode where we take some of our
0:35.8	listeners burning questions and look for the answers. Today we're looking
0:40.3	at whether universities are Banks, how 401k plans help Wall Street, and whether people
0:45.8	with second jobs show up or not in our official jobs numbers.
0:49.8	We have just one job, which is to answer your questions, and we'll do that right now after the break.
0:56.7	Support for this podcast and the following message come from WISE, the account that helps you
1:01.3	manage your money all around the world.
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1:13.8	Learn more about how the WISE account could work for you by downloading the app.
1:18.6	Support for this podcast and the following message come from WISE, the account that helps you manage your money all around the world.
1:25.0	You want your money to move fast, especially across borders.
1:28.0	That's why Wise built the best way to send, spend, and receive money internationally, min fees, max ease, full speed.
1:35.7	Learn more about how the WISE account could work for you by downloading the app.
1:40.3	On the Ted Radio Hour, Data Scientist Hannah Ritchie has a controversial message for young people
1:46.3	who think climate change has doomed their generation.
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