Slate Money

The Live Long and Prosper Edition


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On this episode of Slate Money, author of the upcoming book Trekonomics, Manu Saadia, joins host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann to discuss: 

 
•How the universe of Star Trek functions without money?
•If we can we ever reach a post-scarcity society?
•Just what Google is up to with their new umbrella company Alphabet?
 
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