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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Business
Investing
526
The Silicon Bubble Edition
39 min
527
The Blame Iowa Edition
42 min
528
The Mobile Monopoly Edition
42 min
529
The Give People Money Edition
51 min
530
The Just Sign the Check Edition
45 min
531
The Germany Edition
40 min
532
It Depends on the Price of the Bonds Edition
Slate Money on public transit, pregnancy, and Rwanda
37 min
533
The House of Cards Edition
Slate Money on Bad Blood, Netflix, and Just Capital
45 min
534
The Put a Fork In It Edition
Slate Money on GitHub, WhatsApp, and Australia
47 min
535
The Five-Star Sandwich Edition
Slate Money on Italy, the Volcker Rule, and sandwiches
43 min
536
The Ticking Time Bomb Edition
Slate Money on arbitration, the Pope, and customer returns
37 min
537
The Where's My Tax Cut? Edition
Slate Money on tax cuts, jobs, and Slate 90
47 min
538
The Give Your Mother a Century Bond Edition
Slate Money on Mother’s Day, Michael Cohen, and Argentina
40 min
539
The Leapfrogging Edition
Slate Money on the Sprint–T-Mobile merger, remittances, and Apple buybacks
47 min
540
The Self-Driving Office Edition
Slate Money on self-driving cars, Ford, and WeWork debt
49 min
541
The #Brands Edition
Slate Money on brands, airspace, and authenticity
45 min
542
The Sovereign Debt Reminiscences Edition
Slate Money on Rusal sanctions, lawyers, and credit default swaps
46 min
543
The Mind the Gap Edition
Slate Money on a trade war with China, the wage gap, and New Zealand
48 min
544
The Hollywood Edition
Slate Money on the future of movies, today’s movie stars, and inclusion riders.
49 min
545
The Space Bees Edition
Slate Money on Rocket Billionaires, Facebook/Cambridge Analytica problem, and Wealthfront.
52 min
546
Jordan's Last Episode Edition
Slate Money on universal basic income, McDonald's, housing, and Martin Shkreli
48 min
547
The Dread Pirate Trump Edition
Slate Money on Gary Cohn, South African land, and Dodd-Frank
59 min
548
The Natural Beauty Edition
Slate Money on tariffs, Seychelles, and expert networks
51 min
549
The Success Theater Edition
Slate Money on guns, GE, and Alibaba
48 min
550
The Fertile Nigerian Blockchain Edition
Slate Money on cryptocurrencies, fertility in the U.S., and Nigerian corruption
60 min