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A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.Want more Slate Money? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcast...
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Money Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?
In this Money Talks: Martha Gimble, the Executive Director of the Budget Lab at Yale, joins Elizabeth Spiers to explain their recent report on early c...
What the Shell?
This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that requires shell companies to identify their beneficiaries. Fe...
The Unwanted Art Boom
This week: On the heels of his recent story on the glut of art that baby boomers are leaving to younger generations, Felix Salmon talks with Elizabeth...
Money Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes
In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon sits down with Lee Buchheit for an in-depth chat on sovereign debt at a live event hosted by The Library of Mistakes...
Too Situationally Aware to Fail
This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped...
Explosive You-Know-What
This week: The term “explosive diarrhea” captured the nation's attention, turning all eyes toward the company linked to a major cyclosporiasis outbrea...
Money Talks: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers talks to journalist Beth Gardiner about her expose of the plastic industry, Plastic Inc. They’ll get into the un...
What’s A.I. Doing to Our Energy Bills?
This week: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a statewide moratorium on building A.I. data centers. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss...
You’ve Got IPO
This week: The company buying up legacy brands like AOL, Evernote, and Vimeo had a huge IPO with shares immediately surging by 40%. Felix Salmon, Eliz...
Money Talks: The Economics of Repugnant Transactions
In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by Nobel Prize winning-economist Alvin Roth to discuss his new book, Moral Economics, which uses controver...
Synergy’s Must-Watch Final Episode
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck are joined by Reuters Media Editor Edmund Lee to revisit their 2016 predictions for the Comcast/NCBUniv...
The Greenspanaissance
This week: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan passed away at the age of 100. Today: Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck examine...
Money Talks: The Art of Trade War
In this Money Talks: Emily Peck sits down with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown, co-authors of How to Win a Trade War, to discuss how recent conflicts...
Investing in SpaceX’s Future on Mars
This week: We saw just how many people are willing to invest in Elon Musk. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, look at what makes SpaceX’s...
We Hate the Inflation
This week: Inflation hit its highest rate in three years thanks to skyrocketing energy prices. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, parse t...
Money Talks: 500 Years of the Dollar
In this Money Talks: Author and financial journalist Brendan Greeley tells Elizabeth Spiers about his new book The Almighty Dollar—and the astonishing...
The Index Fund Problemtunity
This week: Google’s parent company announced an unexpected move to raise $80 billion for their AI ventures. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and guest...
Least Cool Ferrari Ever
This week: Ferrari revealed its new EV designed by Jony Ive and it looked so bad it became a meme. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, dis...
Money Talks: What to Love About Limitations
In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers is joined by David Epstein, author of Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, who explains his research...
Theories on Trump’s Trading Frenzy
This week: It was revealed that Donald Trump’s investment portfolio made a stunning 3,600 trades in one quarter. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and...
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Warsh)
This week: Kevin Warsh took over as Federal Reserve Chair, while Jerome Powell will remain on the board. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Pec...
Money Talks: Risk-Maxxing
In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by futurist Scott Smith who breaks down his theory of “risk-maxxing” and why it’s on the rise in economics...
The Fun Little Drink Economy
This week: CEOs and investors at the Milken Institute Global Conference projected optimism about the economy despite the overall feeling of uncertaint...
Google Gets Its Bag
This week: Google’s parent company Alphabet announced an incredible $110 billion in first-quarter revenue thanks, in part, to the computing needs of t...
The AI Job Apocalypse is Avoidable
In this Money Talks: MIT professor Daron Acemoglu joins Emily Peck to explain his research into pro-worker technologies and how we can not only avoid...
The Legacy of “Tim Apple”
This week: Tim Cook announced he was stepping down as Apple’s CEO after 15 years. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, unpack his unique le...
Allbirds Aren’t Real
This week: Sneaker company Allbirds announced a pivot into A.I. infrastructure. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain why this absurd...
Money Talks: Psychopathy and Success
In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers is joined by psychologist Dr. Leanne ten Brinke whose new book, Poisonous People, explores the impact that peopl...
Memestocks are Spreading
This week: Retail investors usually stick to the stock market, but many are rushing to make bets on oil futures. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and E...
Spice World
This week: OpenAI completed a $122 billion investment round. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss what this deal says about the priv...
The Illusion of ‘America’s Next Top Model’
In this Money Talks: Journalist Bridget Armstrong joins Emily Peck to discuss this moment of reckoning for the iconic reality show America’s Next Top...
Trade or Treason?
This week: Just minutes before Trump posted about talks with Iran, oil markets saw a flurry of activity. Conspiracy theories followed. Felix Salmon, E...
Money On Film: Spirited Away
Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries!
Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Felix Salmon and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe revis...
Money On Film: Materialists
Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries!
Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Felix Salmon and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe revisi...
Are the Billionaires Smothering HBO?
This week: The war in Iran has caused a dramatic spike in global oil prices. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the international...
Money On Film: Margin Call
Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries!
Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Felix Salmon and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe revis...
Money Talks: Boilerplate Land Mines
In this Money Talks: UVA law professor Mitu Gulati joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to explain how an over-reliance on boilerplate language in contra...
A.I. Is a Hyperobject
This week: We summoned technologist and journalist Paul Ford to answer all our questions about A.I. As he explains to Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers,...
The Burger CEOs Are Beefing
This week: The U.S. started a war in Iran. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck break down why the war is bumping the US dollar and threaten...
Money Talks: ‘Industry’ Insanity
In this Money Talks: Emily Peck is joined by Slate’s Editor in Chief Hillary Frey and former Slate Money host Anna Szymanski of Reuters to break down...