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One Year - 1942: The Most Hated Man in America
In 1942, it was up to Leon Henderson to stop inflation. He became a nationwide villain.
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Slate Money: Meet Me by the Fountain
Alexandra Lange joins Slate Money to talk about the history of malls.
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ICYMI: What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?
It’s a lot of fun as long as it’s just a hobby.
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What Next TBD: When An Algorithm Raises Your Rent
If it draws on data from landlords and tells them what others are charging, when does it become price-fixing?
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What Next TBD: Are You Ready to Be Composted Wh...
How a bunch of environmentalists want to disrupt the American death industry.
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Slate Money: We Can’t Quit Elon
Slate Money talks inflation, the economics Nobel Prize, and Elon Musk.
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What Next TBD: The Next Amazon Union Fight
Why labor’s success in Staten Island has been so difficult to replicate.
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What Next TBD: When Your Church Surveils Your P...
A look at the rise of accountability apps in churches.
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Slate Money: Felix Learns What A Condo Is
Jonathan Miller joins to talk all things real estate.
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What Next TBD: Could the Supreme Court Kill the...
Section 230 has made it to the Supreme Court.
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What Next: Congress Can't Quit the Stock Market
Why House Democrats whiffed on a popular bill to restrict members of Congress from owning and trading stock.
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What Next TBD: The Philosopher With Silicon Val...
A deep dive into longtermism.
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Slate Money: Skandal!
Slate Money talks UK economy, Skandal!, and a 10-year-old artist.
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The Waves: Student Debt Relief is Feminist
Women and people of color will benefit. Which is good!
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What Next TBD: When Climate Change Makes You Se...
How a mandatory buyout program in Harris County is upending a decades-old community.
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What Next TBD: Can Nuclear Power Be Green?
The war in Ukraine and climate change are forcing countries to rethink their stance on nuclear power.
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Slate Money: First Class Food Fomo
Slate Money talks Citrix, Blue Bonds, and airplane food.
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What Next TBD: The Fight Over Online Speech Hea...
How laws in Texas and Florida take aim at social media companies and how they moderate content.
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How To!: Pick a College (And Actually Afford It)
Ron Lieber on what you need to know before taking on a ton of debt.
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What Next TBD: The Hidden Abuse Behind Those Sp...
Human trafficking victims in Asia are being forced into scamming people online.
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Slate Money: It's All Paul Newman’s Fault
Slate Money talks Patagonia, the RR strike, and Adobe.
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What Next TBD: How Big Internet Keeps Small Com...
The fight for internet between East Carroll parish and Sparklight.
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How To!: Make the Leap to Your Dream Job
Nathan and Susannah Furr on the upside of uncertainty.
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What Next TBD: The Chaos That Made YouTube a Ju...
How the company has struggled with creators, extremism, and itself.
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Slate Money: DWAC SPAC Setback
Slate Money talks the Lizes, DWAC, and The Wing.
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