Argentina's bailout, a new way to cool data centers, and a cold holiday hiring season

This episode of "The Indicator from Planet Money" features co-hosts Adrian Ma, Wailin Wong, and Darian Woods discussing three distinct economic indicators. Wailin Wong presents the first indicator: a potential $20 billion U.S. lifeline to Argentina, detailing the country's economic struggles, including a plummeting peso, political instability, and a corruption scandal. Darian Woods then introduces the second indicator, focusing on a new microfluidics cooling technology developed by Microsoft, which aims to reduce the significant energy consumption of data centers. Adrian Ma concludes with the third indicator, highlighting a projected decline in holiday retail hiring, with fewer than 500,000 seasonal workers expected to be hired for the first time since 2009, signaling uncertainty among companies.