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

• The economics of the Star Wars franchise

• How the FED hiked interest rates for the first time in almost a decade

• The future of junk bonds

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Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein

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