ICE raids, cooling on capitalism, and a Murdoch settlement

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today’s episode: the concept of capitalism is cooling in American minds; the U.S. policies behind the Hyundai ICE raid; and an influential family’s succession saga comes to a thrilling (and expensive!) conclusion.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.6	This is the Indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.6	I'm Whalen Wong.
0:14.7	I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:15.7	And coming over to the indicator side of the street this week, one merry child.
0:20.2	Welcome.
0:21.2	Hi, hello. Thank you for having me.
0:23.0	Do we have like crosswalks on Indicator Street?
0:25.3	Yes, it's very safe.
0:26.5	I would never jaywalk. Safety first.
0:28.9	Mary, it is awesome to have you here.
0:31.8	And I don't have to tell you both.
0:34.6	You know what time it is, right?
0:36.1	Indicators of the week's time.
0:38.8	That's right. We have looked at interesting numbers in the news this week, and we are here to
0:43.8	tell you all about them. So on today's episode, a lot of Americans are not too hot on capitalism
0:49.5	these days. The U.S. policies behind the Hyundai plant ice raids.
0:58.4	And one long family succession saga comes to an end.
1:03.3	Indicators of the week, Adrian, what's your indicator?
1:06.5	So my indicator comes from a Gallup poll release this week.
1:14.7	In this poll, Gallup asked about 1,100 people whether they had a favorable or unfavorable view of capitalism.
1:19.9	Any guesses as to what percent of respondents say they have a favorable view of capitalism?
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