390. Fed Up

Epic Systems manages the electronic health records for hundreds of millions of people. This makes Faulkner a healthcare heavyweight and one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in history. So why haven’t we ever heard much from her? Stephen Dubner travels to Verona, Wisc., ... Show More

New York City’s mayor called them “public enemy number one.” History books say they caused the Black Death — although recent scientific evidence disputes that claim. In an updated episode from 2025, we ask: Is the rat a scapegoat? And what does our rat hatred say about us? SOURCE ... Show More

One possibility: a leading hypothesis pursued by researchers (and funders) was built on science that now appears to be fraudulent. Stephen Dubner speaks with the scientist and the journalist who blew the whistle. SOURCES: Charles Piller, investigative journalist for Science, auth ... Show More

<p>Chief joins the show to talk about the Federal Reserve. We get into the rumor that we may be out of money by October, how the federal reserve was started, corruption at the top, and more.</p><br /><p>You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube ... Show More

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says the central bank's data-dependency forces it to act meeting by meeting. She spoke with host Tom Keene on the sidelines of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.See ... Show More

For over a decade, America’s central bank has had an inflation target of 2%. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it would keep its main interest rate unchanged in order to try and get inflation to that magic number. But what if the Fed is thinking about inflation all ... Show More

Tendayi Kapfidze, chief economist at LendingTree, said in the Big Interview that he thinks the Fed may have overreacted to increased market volatility by signalling that it may put off further rate hikes. Now the market is reacting like they won't happen, which could lead to trou ... Show More

L’effondrement de la Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) remet-il en cause le programme de lutte contre l’inflation menée par la Réserve fédérale (Fed) ? C’est la conviction partagée par de nombreux analystes. Ils s'attentent à ce que la Fed freine dorénavant la remontée des taux d'intérêt ... Show More