{"id":536509,"date":"2026-03-21T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536509\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:16:27","slug":"the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536509\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774088187_390_.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2600x1463+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2F23%2F6dacc60e41dba14ae659f00ad6dc%2F435a29e2-c3a2-4f38-a964-4d0d961e0b77.png\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) warden displays some of the syringe cartridges modified to carry live ants.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) warden displays some of the syringe cartridges modified to carry live ants at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport law courts in Nairobi on March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                    Photo by Tony KARUMBA \/ AFP via Getty Images\/Photo by Tony KARUMBA \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>            toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        Photo by Tony KARUMBA \/ AFP via Getty Images\/Photo by Tony KARUMBA \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Indicators of the Week (now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@planetmoney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>!). It\u2019s our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode: The Trump administration cracks down on immigrant truck drivers, Poland becomes a top-twenty economy, and the booming business of \u2026 ant smuggling?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Related episodes:\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/17\/nx-s1-5749289\/a-trucker-a-farmer-and-an-entrepreneur-walk-into-a-global-supply-shock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A trucker, a farmer, and an entrepreneur walk into a global supply shock<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2009\/07\/poland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You Could Always Go To Poland<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/18\/nx-s1-5751251\/amazon-brazil-forest-fish-aquarium-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plus.npr.org<\/a>. 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