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Summer School 8: Graduation LIVE!

30 min episode · 2 min read
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Jack Corbett,Darian Woods

Episode

30 min

Read time

2 min

Topics

Science & Discovery, Economics & Policy

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What It Covers

Planet Money Summer School concludes with live graduation ceremony featuring government statistics discussion, Federal Reserve independence, data collection challenges, and student competition for valedictorian.

Notable Moment

Data collector Erica Henian describes how people increasingly yell at her during routine employment surveys, then apologize because she represents their only direct government contact point.

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