Moochers, monopolists and market-based poverty help

乞食者、垄断者和基于市场的贫困

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-11-26

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Public sector economics is a fundamental piece of the discipline. So we wanted to give our hosts an opportunity to put their knowledge to the test in a game we’re calling Indicator Quizbowl. Today on the show, Wailin and Darian go head to head to see who the bigger public policy nerd is.Related episodes: Could cash payments ease recessions?A trap-loving DJ takes on economicsFor sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR.

  • This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Darian Woods.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • And I'm Adrienne Ma.

  • We take a little pride in having our econ nerd credentials.

  • And every once in a while we think,

  • why not put these credentials to the test by having a little competition,

  • a little friendly competition we like to call the Indicator Quiz Bowl.

  • Today on the show, it's a trivia matchup between our own Darian Woods.

  • Hello.

  • And Waylon Wong.

  • I'm shadowboxing, you can't tell them.

  • So the way this will work is I'll ask five questions.

  • Whoever gets the right answer will get a point for that,

  • and the winner will be the person with the most points at the end of the show.

  • Simple enough.

  • Today's Indicator Quiz Bowl topic will be the economics of the public sector, a.k.a.

  • government economics.

  • Oh, does Darian have an unfair advantage because he's worked in the public sector pre-MPR?