The Beigie Awards: Begging for bus drivers

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Trouble attracting employees has some companies offering free pet care and "No-meeting Wednesdays." One CEO was "liberally begging" for workers.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:07.0	It is freezing tonight but we are out here nonetheless on the beige carpet to celebrate
0:20.9	a very special occasion.
0:23.0	Oh yes, yes that is right.
0:25.3	An occasion that only happens eight times a year for the last four decades.
0:29.9	The Federal Reserve's book of economic anecdotes from around the country that we love to call
0:35.3	the beige book.
0:36.3	We don't just love to call it that.
0:37.7	It is technically and officially known as the beige book.
0:41.3	Oh hold on, this swarm of paparazzi which means one of tonight's guests have arrived.
0:47.9	Let's see did they pull up in a Lamborghini or a stretch limo?
0:54.5	I believe that's a city bus.
0:56.5	Ooh, a clue as to maybe who tonight's honorees will be.
1:01.5	Oh wait here they kept here they kept who are you wearing?
1:04.5	Who do you think is going to win tonight?
1:06.0	What's your favorite work by John Maynard King?
1:07.5	It's an opportunity cost to be here tonight.
1:12.1	And there they go they didn't respond to any of our questions.
1:15.3	Well I guess we'll just have to wait until the ceremony to find out.
1:18.5	Hit it!
1:21.5	This is the indicator from Planet Money, I'm Adrian Ma.
1:26.5	And I'm Robert Smith on tonight's Bayesian Awards, regulatory hurdles, employee perks,
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