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This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the Fed’s half point interest rate hike, big business’s dance around future abortion ban implications, and the wild west of newly, unregulated art auctions. In the Plus segment: More overseas investors jump on board with Elon Musk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which  Felix Salmon ,  Emily Peck , and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Taffy Brodesser-Akner , journalist and author of the novel turned soon-to-be television show,  Fleishman Is in Trouble joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1990 dark comedy  The Bonfire of the Vanities . They get into why Emily ha...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  and  Elizabeth Spiers  talk about what’s happening with Disney and the Reedy Creek improvement district, Elon Musk’s alignment with the far right, and the criminal charges filed against Archegos founder, Bill Hwang.  In the Plus segment: All about tipping. Mentioned In the Show:  “ Let’s Be Clear About What It’s Like to Be Harassed on Twitter ” by Elizabe...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Cardiff Garcia , co-founder of Bazaar Audio, joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1999 cult classic,  Office Space . They get into how office life has changed since the movie’s premier, whether Peter would actually make a good manager...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  and  Elizabeth Spiers  talk about the shakeup in the streaming world with Netflix considering ads and CNN+ folding, the end of the public transportation mask mandate, and inflation.  In the Plus segment: Elon Musk, one more time. Mentioned In the Show:  “ Netflix, Facing Reality Check, Vows to Curb Its Profligate Ways ” by Joe Flint “ Inattention and Pric...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which  Felix Salmon ,  Emily Peck , and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Former Slate editor Jared Hohlt joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1999 thriller  The Talented Mr. Ripley …along with another movie! They get into the sexual politics of the movie and the furniture in it, how the movie stacks up...

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about whether or not Elon Musk will really take over Twitter, how AriZona Iced Tea holds inflation at bay, and why office perks are basically carnival prizes minus the fun.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Author and algorithmic auditor  Cathy O’Neil  joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1946 Christmas classic,  It’s a Wonderful Life . They talk about whether Jimmy Stewart is too entitled to be this upset, the banks of the 1940s, and th...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  and  Elizabeth Spiers  talk about Elon Musk taking a board seat on Twitter, a Staten Island Amazon warehouse’s successful unionization, and whether individuals sending money to Ukraine is helpful.   In the Plus segment: Felix is bad at hotdesking.  Mentioned In the Show:  “ Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace ” by Jodi Kantor and Da...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Shazna Nessa  of  The Wall Street Journal  joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1963 Bengali film,  The Big City . They talk about how the feminist themes resonate today, what makes it an “art house” film, and why the ending seems lik...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by Slate  Pay Dirt  columnist,  Elizabeth Spiers . They talk about how women (mostly college educated) might be doing okay in the workforce, and what happened when Barclays didn’t check the right box and Axie Infinity didn’t notice it didn’t have an SEC shelf registration.  In the Plus segment: The inflation and war nexus with gas prices. Menti...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Author and businessman,  Ben Horowitz  joins Felix and Emily to talk about the quietest Quentin Tarantino movie,  Jackie Brown . They get into Ordell Robbie’s bad retirement plan, the romance of Jackie Brown and Max Cherry, and why you n...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by  Mary Childs , host of NPR’s Planet Money to talk about her upcoming book,  The Bond King , the exodus of Midtown’s working population, and Grimes’s confession to DDoS-ing the music blog “Hipster Runoff.” In the Plus segment: Behind the scenes of Mary’s publication journey. Mentioned In the Show:  “ Midtown Manhattan With Fewer Office Worker...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. The  Wall Street Journal’s   Vipal Monga  joins Felix and Emily to talk about the Jamaican crime film,  The Harder They Come . They discuss the mix between crime and music, what makes the movie good (and bad), and the film’s treatment of...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by  Elizabeth Spiers , co-author of the Slate  Pay Dirt  column. They talk about whether the fed hike is a big deal, the American dollar and why it might not be around forever, and Citigroup providing red state employees travel benefits to access abortion clinics.  In the Plus segment: Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrawing her nomination for Fed vice...

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Author of several books,  Kurt Andersen  joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 2015 Adam McKay film, The Big Short. They dig into the merits of the Margot Robbie in a bathtub scene, what the movie gets wrong, and who the real heroes ar...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by Stanford student and Palladium writer,  Ginevra Davis , to talk about who is really hurt by businesses pulling out of Russia, what is going on with nickel and Russia, and the current state of being Gen-Z.    In the Plus segment: Emily starts a generational war.  Mentioned In the Show:  “ When the Stagnation Goes Virtual ” by Ginevra Davis “...

This week Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by the New York Times’ “On Tech” columnist Shira Ovide for an all-tech deep dive. Starting with the war in Ukraine, they explore the tech giants’ grappling with Russian restrictions, Amazon’s inflated image as the omnipotent retailer, and the United States’ flagging broadband access. In the Plus segment: The bill banning forced arbitration Email: sl...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by  Wall Street Journal  reporter,  Nick Timiraos . They discuss the evolving crisis in the Ukraine and what impact (if any) sanctions would have on Russia, all the problems with inflation and how the fed deals with inflation, and Timiraos’s upcoming book,  Trillion Dollar Triage .  In the Plus segment: Money markets and the feds as firefighter...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by  Alexandra Roberts , professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, for an all trademark episode of Slate Money. They talk about everything from social media to rights of publicity to counterfeits and parodies.  In the Plus segment: Can Felix continue to use Felix the Cat as his Twitter avatar?  Mentioned In the...

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Kevin Roose of  The New York Times  to talk about the crypto money launder scheme Heather Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein are accused of taking part in; the possible usefulness of crypto; and what’s going on with  Forbes . In the Plus segment: The  Sotheby’s auction  of CryptoPunks.  Mentioned In the show:  “ How The Crypto Couple Went From...

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by management consultant and sports fan Robin Timothy of to talk about Facebook’s sudden loss of users and revenue, why the Olympics are both problematic  and  boring, and the Brian Flores NFL lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in coach hiring.  In the Plus segment: A big gold cube. Mentioned In the show:  “ Brian Flores’ NFL Lawsuit: Can He Pr...

This week,  Felix Salmon  and  Emily Peck  are joined by reporter for  The Wall Street Journal ,  Vipal Monga . They discuss the implications of the continued pumping of oil at one of the world’s dirtiest oil patches, how Canada’s housing situation compares with the U.S. and why ‘old’ music is suddenly so popular now. In the Plus segment: The latest on Fintech. Mentioned In the show:  “ One of the...

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by economics journalist and author, Peter Goodman. They discuss Goodman’s new book “ Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World ” Microsoft’s biggest deal ever, and what’s going on with 5G networks and airplanes.  In the Plus segment:  Peloton is down, will it survive? Further Reading: “ Microsoft Buys Scandal-Tainted Activision in Bet on M...

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Ranjan Roy of  Margins  talk about the death of ZIRP (a zero-interest rate policy) and what that means for the future; Felix’s glee about the sale of Citi Bank’s Mexican unit, Banamex; and the puzzle game sweeping the Internet.  In the Plus segment: Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities gets big investment from crypto.  Mentioned In the Episode:  Axios Markets Ne...