President Jimmy Carter's economic legacy

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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On this edition of Indicators of the Week, we discuss the economic legacy of former President, Jimmy Carter. Today on the show, we detail some of his top accomplishments from empowering the Federal Reserve's aggressive approach to inflation, deregulation of major industries and his push for cost saving energy measures that we still feel to this day.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.6	So it is Friday, and that means it is time for indicators of the week.
0:20.7	I'm Jeff Guo, and this week, Planet Money, we are taking over.
0:24.8	I'm here with fellow Planet Money host Erica Barris.
0:27.5	So happy to be here.
0:28.8	Along with Indicator Friend of the show and host of the Environmental Podcast Outside In, Nate Hedgy.
0:35.4	Thanks for having me again.
0:36.4	Good to see you.
0:37.4	Today we have three economic indicators focusing on the legacy of our late 39th president, Jimmy Carter.
0:43.7	One term, but got a lot of stuff done.
0:45.6	So much stuff done.
0:46.6	We're going to talk about inflation control and the power of the Fed.
0:50.2	We're going to talk about energy consumption and household heating costs, airline prices, and craft beers.
0:57.0	That is all coming up after the break.
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