The Call-In: Retailers Decline While Amazon Grows
We explore the recent retail plunge — is really all about Amazon? NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Derek Thompson of The Atlantic, who says it's more complicated than that.
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Politics Of Respectability And A Dragged Passenger
The politics of respectability were complicated this week when a 69 year-old Asian-American doctor was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight.
On A Hot Day, Indians Love To Sip A Spicy Soda That's A Bit Funky, Too
Masala soda comes in many flavors. It's usually sold by street vendors and small shop owners. Indians love this drink so much, that big soda companies are now selling it, too.
Trump's Flip-Flops On Economics Move Policies Toward The Status Quo
President Trump is beating a path back toward the center on economic policy. Some economists think it may be due to influence from Trump advisers like Gary Cohn and Jared Kushner.
Trump Reverses Course On Variety Of Key Economic Issues
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Russ Roberts, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, about Trump's latest positions on several key economic issues and how they differ from before.
Reynolds Completes Whitaker Park Land And Building Donation
Winston-Salem-based tobacco company RJ Reynolds has finalized a donation of land to the city.
How Can Nicaragua Be So Happy When It Has A Stack Of Sad Statistics?
The latest World Happiness Report says Nicaragua made the greatest gains in happiness of any country — to the surprise of some Nicaraguans.
The United Airlines Fiasco: How Game Theory Could Help
The fiasco with United dragging a passenger off its plane illustrates the problem of enticing people to voluntarily give up their seats. We talk to game theorists about some options.
Using 'Sentiment Analysis' To Understand Trump's Tweets
Planet Money tries to make a program that reads Donald Trump's tweets and then trades stocks. The first step is training the program to interpret the tweets using something called sentiment analysis.
As Computer Programs Choose To Buy Or Sell, Wall Street Looks To Data
Big investment firms on Wall Street are replacing human stock pickers with computer programs. That has created a big demand for data to feed into the computer programs.