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 Marriage Edition
Jenny Anderson joins Slate Money to discuss the economics of weddings, chores, and adultery.
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The National Politics Edition
Zephyr Teachout joins us to talk money in US campaigns, money in Puerto Rico, and money in Hillary's speech.
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The Public Exposure Edition
This week on Slate Money, we review the last week's outing of adulterers, evil banks, and one money-hungry media company.
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The Greece Edition
Slate Money on the Eurozone backstory, Greece's failures, and what it means to have unsustainable debt.
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The Technical Difficulties Edition
Slate Money discusses this week's outage on Wall Street, the crash of the Chinese Stock Market, and the restaurant reservation industry.
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The Wine Edition
Karl Storchmann of the Journal of Wine Economics joins Slate Money to discuss why cheap wine can be more enjoyable, how wine ratings affect prices, and how to decide what to spend on your bottle.
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The Punchbowl Edition
This week, Slate Money's listening to you. You've been writing in with questions about the Fed, inflation and equities, and about Greece, Argentina, and default problems. We have answers. And, we'll tell you what you really want to know- how to buy beer a
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The Jordan-O-Rama Edition
On this week's episode of Slate Money, University of Wisconsin math professor Jordan Ellenberg joins Cathy O’Neil and Slate’s Jordan Weissmann to talk about beating the lottery, academia’s tenure conundrum, and whether or not Uber...
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The Cost of Employment Edition
Above the Law’s Elie Mystal talks about quitting Big Law, quitting your debt, and quitting – whether you like it or not – your job as Twitter's CEO.
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The Time to Grow Up Edition
Slate Money talks with the New York Times Ron Lieber about Ron's new book for parents, the worst charity you could give your money to, and the need to insure Uber drivers.
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The Random Rules Edition
Slate Money talks about Google's virtual reality Cardboard, media consolidation large and small, and what the FIFA folks did wrong.
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The Off the Books Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, data scientist Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann welcome special guest Cardiff Garcia of the blog FT Alphaville to discuss the criminal guilt of the banks, the reality o
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The Make Something New Edition
Slate Money, with guest James Ledbetter, looks at the price of IVF, Verizon's purchase of AOL, and this week's art auctions.
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The Shaking Things Up Edition
Slate Money asks just how bad are US airports? What just happened in the UK election? And, what is Elizabeth Warren and David Vitter trying trying to do to the Fed?
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The Celebrations Edition
Reuters Breakingviews global editor Rob Cox joins Slate Money to talk about music festival economics, GE's economics, and wedding economics.
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The Trying To Be Clever Edition
Author and "Sketch Guy" columnist Carl Richards joins Slate Money to talk about financial planning, billionaire whimsy, and the flash crash.
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The Warren Buffett Edition
Slate Money on the man, the fortune, and Berkshire Hathaway's future.
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The Lemons Edition
Slate Money on why college is so expensive, the economics of the California drought, and letters from listeners.
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The Revolting Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann take on revolting capitalists in every sense of the words
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The Podcast Podcast
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, plus special guests Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media and Will Mayo of Spoken Layer discuss the business of digital audio. This week’s podcast is sponsore
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The Literary Edition
Slate Money on Alissa Quart's new book of poems, Monetized, then a bookish take on Wall Street bonuses, and tax advice from David Foster Wallace.
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The Automatic for the People Edition
Slate Money on odious debt as an international power play, Charles Schwab's play to create a robo-adviser, and the Apple smart watch.
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The Money for Nothing Edition
Slate Money on whether Wu Tang Clan's album can sell like fine art, a stock plunge for Lumber Liquidators, and reasons we have patent trolls.
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The Shiny New Things Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org and Jordan Weissmann of Slate, discuss the college students refusing to pay their debts to Corinthian College, the Mountain View residents mad about...
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The Don't Be Evil Edition
Slate Money on the secretly evil world of government debt collectors, not-so-evil employee pay raises at Walmart, and oversized valuations for an uber-evil car sharing service.
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