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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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. -
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Tomorrow is the day the U.S. hits its debt limit. What happens if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling? -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it will roll back Obama-era restrictions on payday loans, which can trap consumers in a debt cycle.
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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. -
Tipping is ingrained in America's retail culture. And there's not much we can do to stop that. -
President Trump asked Congress for funds to build an extension of the wall on the border with Mexico. Congress refused, so Trump declared a national emergency. But what does that mean? -
Today we answer listener questions about age discrimination; how work hours are counted; and whether the economy is running out of people to take jobs.
