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The Indicator from Planet Money

The Indicator Quiz: Jobs and Employment

The Indicator from Planet Money

NPR

Business

4.79.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

It's another Indicator Quiz episode! We bring a listener onto the show and test their econ knowledge. Today's quiz is all about jobs and employment. Play along with us and see how you do!

Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Just email us your name and phone number at [email protected] and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.

Transcript

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0:00.0

NPR.

0:03.0

Music

0:11.0

This is the Indicated From Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma.

0:14.0

And I'm Wayland Wong. I don't know about you Adrian, but you know what my summer could use more of?

0:19.0

Sunscreen?

0:20.0

Always wear sunscreen, but I was gonna say trivia.

0:23.0

trivia!

0:25.0

Oh boy, there is that sweet, sweet trivia music because it is time for the Indicated Quiz.

0:37.0

As always, the Indicated Quiz is based on economic ideas we've touched on in previous episodes of the show.

0:43.0

And everybody can play along, but there can only be one lucky person to play the quiz with us.

0:49.0

So let's bring out our contestant.

0:51.0

Hi, I'm Cynthia Starr from Bellevue, Washington.

0:54.0

Hey, Cynthia.

0:55.0

What's up?

0:56.0

Hello.

0:57.0

And Bellevue is outside Seattle?

0:59.0

Exactly. It's across the lake from Seattle. I work for one of the really large cloud software companies out here.

1:04.0

Very cool. I feel like I could hazard a guess which one that is, but I will not put you on the spot.

1:11.0

It's always interesting in the technology industry. And it's always interesting here because it's so tech industry-heavy, so it's kind of in our own bubble.

1:17.0

Well, we're gonna learn a little bit more about you, Cynthia, later in the show. But for now, thanks for coming on the Indicated Quiz.

1:23.0

So today's quiz is just one topic. It's the one we mark every month on the show. In fact, we just did it.

1:30.0

The topic is jobs and employment. How do you think you're gonna do, Cynthia?

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