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I was unfamiliar with the Men’s Underwear Index – the MUI – until I heard it discussed this week on National Public Radio. Perhaps on the Marketplace Morning Report on WAMC. Or some similarly unassailable repository of economic news and analysis. The theory – I believe it was first proposed by former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan – is that you can gauge consumer confidence by how robust men’s underwear sales are.

NHL:In the NHL, the Rangers shut out Pittsburgh 5-0, the Islanders blanked Colorado 6-0, New Jersey beat Minnesota 3-1, Montreal won against Winnipeg 3-0,…

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

After three and a half years, the pause on federal student loan payments is coming to an end. Payments will be due starting in October.

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-966836.mp3Chester. MA – The top environmental official in Massachusetts…

Audiences love to mock campy, low-budget horror movies, but by one very important metric, they are the smartest movies around.

AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, but OpenAI says the operations it disrupted didn't gain traction with real people or reach large audiences.

Financial missteps can cost you money. Make better-informed decisions about budgeting, investing and borrowing money.

Wildlife researchers facing budget cuts turned to the internet with an account promising "uncensored marmot content" to subscribers. NPR's Ayesha Roscoe talks to Dan Blumstein, creator of OnlyMarms.