The Indicator from Planet Money

Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

It's Indicators of the Week — our weekly look under the hood of our global economy. Today we look at why cocoa prices are soaring, whether India's electoral bonds are bad for democracy and how a typo sent Lyft shares (briefly) soaring. Related: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230120289/valentines-day-chocolate-cocoa-prices">Cocoa prices hit a 47-year high before Valentine's Day</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160640017/can-india-become-the-next-high-tech-hub">Can India become the next high-tech hub?</a> (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000602560476">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rSkn2UWmMvvVLznPO0vj5?si=LboApxWkSqKcYS60EKmNTA">Spotify</a>) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/705320799/lyft-going-public-the-dual-class-share-dilemma">Lyft going public: The dual-class share dilemma</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/918871445/big-donors-pay-to-play-politics">Big donors and pay-to-play politics</a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/">plus.npr.org</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/">Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money">Newsletter</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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