Cardiff Garcia
Cardiff Garcia is a co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money podcast, along with Stacey Vanek Smith. He joined NPR in November 2017.
Previously, Garcia was the U.S. editor of FT Alphaville, the flagship economics and finance blog of the Financial Times, where for seven years he wrote and edited stories about the U.S. economy and financial markets. He was also the founder and host of FT Alphachat, the Financial Times' award-winning business and economics podcast.
As a guest commentator, he has regularly appeared on media outlets such as Marketplace Radio, WNYC, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, the BBC, and others.
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A lot of money is pouring into the global diamond industry, but demand for diamonds has been less than lustrous of late. But, at the same time, money has been pouring into the industry. Why? -
Economics looks at how we make decisions in a world of scarce resources. What happens when the scarce resource is our attention? -
Dollar stores thrived during the economic downturn--opening thousands of locations across the country. They were recession-proof...but are they recovery-proof? -
The most common jobs for men and the most common jobs for women tend to be different — and this separation has big effects for everyone. -
Five things that a lot of people get wrong about the world's second largest economy - and what robots and zombies have to do with it. -
"Neoliberalism" has become a loaded term. -
Tomorrow is the day the U.S. hits its debt limit. What happens if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling?
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Both video games and television have radically improved in the past two decades. Have they also changed the way Americans spend their time? -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced payday regulations would be delayed. We look at the business of payday loans, and what it's like to get into a debt cycle with payday lenders. -
Sadie Alexander was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics. We think her contributions deserve another look.
