Pay transparency. The WhatsApp and Instagram decision. Our beef with screwworms.

It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. <br/><br/>On today’s episode: the <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w34480"target="_blank" >effects of pay transparency</a>, Meta’s big win, and freaky flies and beef. <br/><br/><strong>Related episodes: </strong><br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103836051/are-we-entering-a-new-dawn-for-antitrust-enforcement"target="_blank" >Are we entering a new dawn for antitrust enforcement?</a> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5534424/beef-prices-record-high-cost"target="_blank" >Why beef prices are so high</a> <br/><br/><br><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" ><em>Sierra Juarez...