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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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
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Succession S4 Ep9: Church and State
Abigail Disney joins to discuss the penultimate episode of Succession.
50 min
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The Debt Ceiling is Dumb
Slate Money talks the debt ceiling, AI regulation, and greedflation.
47 min
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Succession S4 Ep8: Election Night
The election comes for Succession, and everyone loses.
47 min
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The Felix Wrote A Book Episode!
Slate Money talks about Felix’s new book, The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal.
45 min
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Succession S4 Ep7: Two Indias (And Two Episode ...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined this week by a star-studded lineup to discuss episode seven of HBO’s Succession.
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