The Indicator from Planet Money

Listen, download, subscribe

Apple Podcasts

Google Podcasts

Spotify

What do the royals do all day, anyway?

You've heard of the British royal family, but what about the "working royals?" Today on the show, an expert on the royals explains what the job is like — how they measure productivity, how they get paid, and how this tiny, specialized workforce of 11 people might cope with the health crises of King Charles III and Kate Middleton. Subscribe to journalist Elizabeth Holmes' newsletter on the British royal family. Related episodes:The U.K.'s most famous family firm in crisis For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

• 

  What a cabinet maker can teach us about interest rates

• 

  Is the federal debt REALLY that bad?

• 

  Taxing the final frontier

• 

  Video Game Industry Week: The Final Level

• 

  Work. Crunch. Repeat: Why gaming demands so much of its employees

• 

  The boom and bust of esports

• 

  Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible

• 

  Forever games: the economics of the live service model

• 

  Ticketmaster's dominance, Caitlin Clark's paycheck, and other indicators

• 

  Inside the epic fight over new banking regulations

• 

  Profiting off greater risk: the reinsurance game

• 

  What is a 'freedom economy'?

• 

  Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more listener questions

• 

  What Subway's foot-long cookie says about inflation

• 

  The IRS wants to do your taxes for free. Will it last?

• 

  Why the EU is investigating China's wind turbines