2025-08-28
9 分钟NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Adrian Ma.
And just back from her vacation in Tuscany,
I am joined by NPR's financial correspondent, Maria Aspin.
Maria, welcome to the show.
Thanks so much, Adrienne.
It is great to be here, though I have to admit I'm sad not to be in Italy anymore.
It's always sad not to be in Italy.
But it sounds like you had a pretty awesome vacation.
It was, and it was especially delicious,
full of wine and sun-ripened tomatoes and lots of local extra virgin olive oil.
I even went on a tour of the groves for one small producer called Olio Piro,
hiking through the olive trees on the steep hills of Seggiano.
in southern Tuscany.
It was a ridiculously gorgeous view of the Tuscan countryside.
So, of course, I was thinking about trade policy.
Even on vacation, you're thinking about trade policy.
You can't take the econ brain out of the financial reporter.
And especially in the middle of olive oil country.
I mean,