How The Rat Blew Up

Planet Money

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Business, News

4.6 • 30.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Unions have been putting giant inflatable rats in front of businesses for years. Now businesses are trying to deflate them, in court. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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0:00.0	This is the moment where we're supposed to ask you to show your support for planet
0:04.1	money by making a donation, but that's not exactly fun.
0:08.2	So we made this little promo instead.
0:11.9	Do you have economic questions rattling around in your head driving you nuts, keeping you
0:16.9	awake at night?
0:18.3	You've tried shouting them out of window.
0:20.1	Why are oil prices negative?
0:22.9	But nobody answers.
0:24.7	You've tried bringing them up during pillow talk.
0:26.8	Have you ever heard of an inverted yield curve?
0:30.0	Honey, I have a headache.
0:31.7	Maybe another night.
0:32.5	Even Siri doesn't know what you're talking about.
0:35.0	I don't know what you're talking about.
0:36.6	I know.
0:37.1	I know.
0:37.6	You're ready to give up.
0:38.9	But there is hope.
0:41.3	Hello there.
0:41.9	I'm Minor Podcast celebrity, Robert Smith.
0:44.5	And here at NPR, we have come up with a miracle answer system.
0:48.5	It's called Planet Money.
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