Slate Money

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Time's Rana Foroohar, author of Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance & the Fall of American Business discuss the current state of capitalism. 

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-How Wall Street is choking our economy and how to fix it

-Why America doesn't make things anymore.

-What happened to the American dream of home ownership. 

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss loans and investments.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-There's trouble at the Lending Club.

-Google pulls all payday loans ads.

-Why public pensions are still investing in hedge funds.

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cath  O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann are joined by the New Yorker's James Surowiecki. 

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-“Drop a tear for those who own non-voting corporate stock.”

-The US oil industry goes bottom-up.

-You can now sue your bank.

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann are just fine without Yanis Varoufakis.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-It's Groundhog Day in Greece.

-Why Puerto Rico can't overcome its debt.

-The prospects of Great Britain leaving the EU are terrifying.

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On this episode of Slate Money, Silicon Valley O.G. Margit Wennmachers joins hosts Felix

Salmon of Fusion and Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org to talk corporate culture.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Theranos faked it til they made it. Then unmade it.

-How Silicon Valley culture hurts everyone.

-How Germany became a net-exporting powerhouse. 

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On this episode of Slate Money host Felix Salmon of Fusion goes to the Future History Festival in Baltimore and meets with Rose Eveleth of Flash Forward and Gideon Lichfield of Quartz to talk time travel. 

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Will borders between countries exist in the future?

-How much will climate change affect human migration?

-What is the future of democracy?

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and Simple CEO Josh Reich discuss money going global.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Josh's story of how he started a mobile banking company

-Can the financial tech industry save banking?

-The bigger story behind the Panama Papers

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss things coming to an end.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Failures in the gig economy, and our changing workforce

-Spotify's deal with the devil

-Ang Bang loses its bid for Starwood hotels

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss displacement.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

- What the election is teaching us about free trade.

- Is there anything to be gained from gentrification, in Manhattan, Palo Alto, or Brooklyn?

-What Tidjane Thiam did so poorly at Credit Suisse.

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss the biggest mess-ups of the week.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Bangladesh's bank account at the Fed lost $81 million in a web heist.

-Pharma startup darling Valeant is a mess.

-The biggest hedge fund in the world has some personnel issues.

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