Slate Money
A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.
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The Perfect Vacation Length
13 min
27
Pay Offs & Lay Offs
45 min
28
Money Talks: Is 'Your Friends & Neighbors' Aspi...
38 min
29
Perfecting the Balance Between Tourists and Loc...
21 min
30
Elon Backs Off
50 min
31
A Disneyland Guide
26 min
32
Did You Fill Yer Boots With Stocks?
41 min
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Money Talks: An Economist Shares Her Cheat Codes
34 min
34
Tariff Stockholm Syndrome
51 min
35
Everyone Cares About Power Grids This Week
47 min
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Money Talks: The Family Squabble That Could Cha...
41 min
37
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
45 min
38
Jay Powell’s Tough Call
47 min
39
Money Talks: The Student Loan Paradox
33 min
40
The Economy’s ‘One Guy Problem’
57 min
41
That Wack-Ass Tariff Formula
58 min
42
Money Talks: The Campaign Against the Free Press
36 min
43
Illegal Group Chats Are Everywhere
45 min
44
Who’s The Boss?
50 min
45
Money Talks: The Mighty Dollar
Edward Fishman and Saleha Mohsin join to discuss how the US dollar became a global currency and what that means under Trump.
37 min
46
MrBeast and The Chocolate Factory
The stock market keeps plummeting, Binance might be trying to buy a Trump pardon, and MrBeast’s chocolate is doing big numbers.
49 min
47
Eggistential Crisis
Donald Trump flip flops on tariffs, the economics of eggs raise a lot of questions, and there was lotto arbitrage in Texas.
47 min
48
Money Talks: The American Myth of Hard Work
Adam Chandler joins to discuss his book 99% Perspiration, and examines long-standing myths around work in America.
34 min
49
Trump Math & Techno-Fascism
Trump proposes a gold card, Musk resembles a techno-fascist, and black plastic spatulas are actually fine.
46 min
50
The Consequences of Getting on Europe’s Bad Side
Trump alienates the EU, Intel may break-up, and Quince is dominating the dupe market.
44 min