Equinomics, bag fees, and leftover campaign dollars

马政经济学,行李费,和剩余的竞选资金

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-06-04

8 分钟
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Our listeners have QUESTIONS about the economy. And we have answers. Today on the show, we look at why horse breeding might be slowing down, why airlines charge baggage fees, and where campaign cash actually goes. Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.  Your Next Listen — Can the yield curve still predict recessions? Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s brand new newsletter — Find our socials, YouTube and more! — For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+  See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR.

  • This is The Indicator for Planet Money.

  • I'm Adrian Ma.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • And I'm Darian Woods.

  • Uh, help?

  • What?

  • What'd you say, Adrian?

  • Do you need assistance?

  • I said, uh, help.

  • What do you think, Waylon?

  • Shall we help Adrian out?

  • This feels like the start of a kid's show where the episode's mission is about to become clear.

  • Yeah, I just, I don't know.

  • I have all these dang listener questions and I need help answering them.

  • Adrian, this is something we can do.

  • Coming up, why baggage fees cost what they do.

  • Why people aren't breeding horses as much.

  • And what happens to campaign spending.

  • Giddy up.