An urban planner, infinite scroll, and … what is a public good?

城市规划师,无限滚动,那么什么是公共品呢?

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-06-22

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It’s time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics that we’ve covered on The Indicator. For today's quiz show, we are putting an urban planner from Nevada to the test. Play along with us and see how you do! Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at indicator@npr.org and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line. Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. Your Next Listen — A trap-loving DJ takes on economics Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s brand new newsletter— Buy the Planet Money book— 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 from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • And I'm Adrian Ma.

  • And this is The Indicator Quiz.

  • Where we test your knowledge of topics that we've been covering on the show.

  • And you, dear listener, can play along too.

  • We haven't had one of these in a while.

  • And it's the middle of the year.

  • So this one is going to cover a little bit of everything from the past six months.

  • Today we have listener Jim Umbach, who works as an urban planner for the city of Fernley in Nevada.

  • He's also an author.

  • Welcome to the show, Jim.

  • Thank you.

  • I'm so happy to be here.

  • It's been a while since I've taken an anonymous quiz,

  • but I think I'm going to do great and make my entire area proud.

  • OK, well, time to brush up.

  • Jim, you're going to be playing today for your choice of NPR merch.

  • Yes, we've got shirts and mugs and so many options.