2026-03-24
9 分钟This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong.
And I'm Patti Hirsch.
When Russia commenced its second invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the world responded with sanctions.
Most economists said it wouldn't be long before the Russian economy collapsed.
But it hasn't turned out that way.
Russia may have become bogged down in a war of attrition, and it may be almost $320 billion in debt.
But its economy soldiers on.
Today, depending on how you measure it,
Russia's economy is now either the 11th or the 4th largest in the world.
So on today's show, we 'll give you six reasons why Russia has managed to keep its economy
up and running despite a war, a sanctions regime, and its ballooning debt.
And we 'll learn about one of the most significant and grisly factors in Russia's resilience,
smertonomika, or death economics.
That's coming up after the break.
In HBO's industry, finance gets the dramatic treatment.
Maybe too dramatic.
All of these people would have gotten fired from the bank six times over.
The things they get away with.
In a new bonus episode, Planet Money talks industry.