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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Is Ozempic Eating Into Snack Profits?
34 min
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Delta Sky Miles vs The Two-Percent
When everyone has a positional good, it loses its value. Hence, the terrible state of VIP travel lounges.
48 min
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What is Your Face Worth?
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
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Slate Money Criminals: TheraNOPE
Elizabeth Holmes went from optimistic founder, to convicted criminal.
38 min
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Old School Union, New School Strike
The UAW is trying tactics it’s never used before.
35 min
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Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimiz...
Coco Krumme joins Slate Money to discuss the false promise of optimization.
37 min
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Slate Money Criminals: The $5 Billion Fraud
Jho Low stole billions and funded a Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
38 min
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You Better Not Be Working
Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day
48 min
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Twelve Ways to Help Fix the World
A book provides a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest people. Will they work?
46 min
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Slate Money Criminals: John Ackah Blay-Miezah
This one goes out to anyone who has tried to help a prince get his money
43 min
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Rao’s Pasta Sauce is the Zoom of Food
49 min
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ESPN Bets on Sports Betting
Is it too late for the Worldwide Leader in Sports to get into gambling?
43 min
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Slate Money Criminals: Bernie Madoff
A look at the man behind one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history.
41 min
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America’s Credit Rating Went Down. So What?
Let us explain the ways America is like Mark Zuckerberg asking for a loan.
48 min
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Will The UPS Union Deal Deliver?
What does the UPS union agreement mean for other shipping companies?
53 min
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Wal-Mart v. Amazon: The Battle for Retail’s Soul
Why Amazon is actually bad at disrupting businesses, the state of the retail apocalypse, and Puerto Rico’s tax dodging crypto bros.
53 min
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Trouble in the House of Mouse
Bob Iger, two worker strikes, and the challenges of streaming
59 min
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Can Threads Take Down Twitter?
Meta launched a new competitor to Twitter. Will it be the next big thing?
50 min
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How The Affirmative Action Ruling Changes Corpo...
The recent Supreme Court decision could change how American companies hire
40 min
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The NCAA is…What, Exactly?
Slate Money gets an update on college athletics after two years with Name, Image and Likeness rules
61 min
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Could Global Inequality Actually Be…Good?
Slate Money talks the decline in global economic inequality, tacky beach pictures, and what happened to the Instant Pot.
43 min
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The SEC’s Crypto Crackdown
Slate Money breaks down SEC lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase
51 min
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The Economic Tale of the Writers Strike
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
51 min
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Succession S4 Ep10: Fairly Explosive Mega-F***
61 min
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Rainbow Rage
Slate Money talks Pride merch outrage, Nvidia, and the German recession.
43 min