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
651
The Limited Means Edition
Slate Money on Elizabeth Holmes' disappearing billions, welfare reform, and the Verizon strike.
50 min
652
The Villains Edition
Slate Money on the Peter Thiel, neoliberalism, and recidivism.
49 min
653
The Finance vs Business Edition
Slate Money on the the taker economy, home ownership, and stock buybacks.
50 min
654
The Peer Pressure Edition
Slate Money on Lending Club, Google payday loan ads, and public pensions.
48 min
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The Frack You Edition
Slate Money on non-voting shares, oil industry bankruptcies, and bank class action suits.
60 min
656
The Yanis Varoufakis is not on Slate Money Edition
Slate Money on Greece, Puerto Rico, and Brexit.
43 min
657
The Dubious Values Edition
Slate Money with Margit Wennmachers on Theranos, Silicon Valley, and German company culture.
52 min
658
The Future History Festival Edition
Slate Money live with Rose Eveleth and Gideon Lichfield.
37 min
659
The International Edition
Slate Money with Josh Reich on Simple, financial tech, and the Panama Papers.
60 min
660
The Time's Up Edition
Slate Money on the gig economy, Spotify's financing plan, and the Starwood Hotels deal.
50 min
661
The Pushing People Out Edition
Slate Money on free trade, gentrification, and the Credit Suisse fiasco.
47 min
662
The Screwed Pooch Edition
Slate Money on the Bangladeshi bank heist, Valeant's tanking share price, and Bridgewater's people problem.
45 min
663
The Professional Identity Edition
Slate Money with Stacey Vanek-Smith on buying citizenship, women on investor boards, and why we work so much.
46 min
664
The Brain in a VAT Edition
Slate Money on tampon taxes, value-added taxes, and the weird way the US does sales tax.
47 min
665
The Breaking the Law Edition
Slate Money with Guan Yang on Apple and the FBI, Sci-Hub, and Argentina.
54 min
666
The Too Big to Fail Edition
Slate Money with Neil Irwin on Neel Kashkari's plan to break up the banks.
57 min
667
The End of the World as We Know It Edition
Slate Money with Muhamed El-Erian on a the future of our economy, technocrats vs democracy, and the role of central banks.
51 min
668
The New Money Edition
Slate Money on a cashless future, Viacom's fresh billionaire, and Credit Suisse counting change.
43 min
669
The Emoji Edition
Slate Money on Facebook's new emoji, old-media panic, and sexual harassment on Wall Street.
50 min
670
The Davos Again Edition
On this episode of Slate Money, Felix goes to the World Economic Forum in Davos!
46 min
671
The Development Edition
This week, the Slate Money team is joined by William Easterly, author and Professor of Economics at New York University, to discuss the realities of the developing world.
43 min
672
The New Year’s Resolution Edition
The Slate Money team talks Weight Watchers, health-related wearables, and the economics of gyms.
44 min
673
The Hogmanay Edition
The Slate Money team discusses predatory lending, derivatives trading, and the economics of New Years Eve
54 min
674
The Stay Healthy Edition
On this episode of Slate Money, the team discusses the book "The Index Card," the current state of the Affordable Care Act, and the economics behind neglected diseases.
60 min
675
The Force Is With Janet Yellen Edition
The Slate Money team discuss the economics of the Star Wars franchise, how the FED hiked interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, and the future of junk bonds.
40 min