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
51
Peak AI Frenzy
46 min
52
Money Talks: Philosophy of The Budget
42 min
53
Let’s TACO ‘Bout It
43 min
54
The Perfect Vacation Length
13 min
55
Pay Offs & Lay Offs
45 min
56
Money Talks: Is 'Your Friends & Neighbors' Aspi...
38 min
57
Perfecting the Balance Between Tourists and Loc...
21 min
58
Elon Backs Off
50 min
59
A Disneyland Guide
26 min
60
Did You Fill Yer Boots With Stocks?
41 min
61
Money Talks: An Economist Shares Her Cheat Codes
34 min
62
Tariff Stockholm Syndrome
51 min
63
Everyone Cares About Power Grids This Week
47 min
64
Money Talks: The Family Squabble That Could Cha...
41 min
65
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
45 min
66
Jay Powell’s Tough Call
47 min
67
Money Talks: The Student Loan Paradox
33 min
68
The Economy’s ‘One Guy Problem’
57 min
69
That Wack-Ass Tariff Formula
58 min
70
Money Talks: The Campaign Against the Free Press
36 min
71
Illegal Group Chats Are Everywhere
45 min
72
Who’s The Boss?
50 min
73
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
74
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
75
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