2025-08-29
9 分钟NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Darian Woods here with Waylon Wong.
It's Friday, Darian.
We made it.
And gee willikers, it's Jeff Gore of Planet Money joining us today.
Guys, I'm so excited to be back.
It's Indicators of the Week.
You came at just the right time.
We're going to dig into the most interesting numbers from the economic headlines this week.
We have AI shutting out the youths from opportunities.
China is super over American soybeans.
And that thing that you liked when you were younger, it is back and it is cool again.
Nostalgia.
The dream of the 90s is back.
It's all after the break.
It's Indicators of the Week.
Darian Woods, you are up first.
My indicator comes from this bombshell analysis of how young workers are getting shut out of jobs because of AI.
And that indicator is minus 13%.
For young people in highly AI-exposed companies,