Summer School 8: Graduation LIVE!

暑假班8:毕业直播!

Planet Money

2025-08-27

30 分钟
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Get your own personalized summer school diploma here. Today on our final episode of Summer School 2025, we will test your knowledge. We will salute the unsung heroes of government service. And we will pick our valedictorian from among you of the class of 2025. Editorial Note:President Trump attempted to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee to the Federal Reserve Board. Our daily podcast, The Indicator, has coverage on their feed. We’ll have an episode in the Planet Money feed soon, in the meantime, here’s some background listening on why this is so important. Years before she joined the Fed, we profiled the work of Lisa Cook. Listen here.Also these: Happy Fed Independence DayA primer on the Federal Reserve's independenceThe case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapesTurkey's runaway inflation problem Arthur Burns: shorthand for Fed failure? Should presidents have more of a say in interest rates?Can the Federal Reserve stay independent? It's hard out there for a Fed chair The series is hosted by Robert Smith and produced by Eric Mennel. Our project manager is Devin Mellor. This episode was edited by Planet Money Executive Producer Alex Goldmark and fact-checked by Emily Crawford.Always free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.Find more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.Help support Planet Money and hear our bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Quick note before the summer school finale, as you likely saw,

  • President Trump says he is firing Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee to the Federal Reserve Board.

  • This is big.

  • Our short daily show, The Indicator, already has an episode out about it.

  • We'll have a longer one here soon, so please watch our feed.

  • Here at Planet Money,

  • we've covered why Federal Reserve independence is so important for the economy,

  • the Fed's origin stories, when Nixon tried to pressure the Fed.

  • That time, Turkey fired its central bankers.

  • We even have an episode about Lisa Cook's work long before she was nominated to the Fed.

  • We put all those shows into a playlist for you.

  • If you're in the mood to dive deeper, to binge,

  • to share with everyone you know, check the show notes for a link.

  • We'll also post it to our socials.

  • OK, now for summer school.

  • It's time to graduate.

  • This is Planet Money from NPR.

  • Graduates, faculty.

  • Parents?

  • Maybe there's parents here.