Slate Money

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of the upcoming,  Weapons of Math Destruction , and   Slate  Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss the scuttlebutt at Wal-Mart, Uber, and in Massachusetts law. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -Why does  Wal-Mart reportedly  want to buy Jet.com? - Uber will merge with Didi Chuxing , China’s biggest do...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and   Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk big data. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - Verizon buys Yahoo   for 4.8 billion -MSCI  CEO study  shows the highest-paid CEO’s run the worst-performing companies -Who’s profiting in the digital advertising economy? Check out other Panoply pod...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and   Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk big data. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -How venture capitalist  Peter Thiel, really feels about Palantir -European giant  Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club  for 1 billion dollars-Elon Musk’s  Master Plan with the electric car startup , Tesla...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org , and  Slate ’s Moneybox  columnist Jordan Weissmann. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -Why the  UFC sold for 4 billion dollars - NBA salary cap , ode to unions  -Will Rio survive  the Olympics ? Slate Money is brought to you by TrackR, a coin-sized device that locates misplaced keys, wallets, ba...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org , and  Slate ’s Moneybox  columnist Jordan Weissmann. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - UK Property funds  are in trouble post-Brexit -What it means  for interest rates to be negative . - Italian banks  are in crisis. Slate Money is brought to you by Boll and Branch. Get 20 percent off your enti...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org ,  Slate ’s Moneybox  columnist Jordan Weissmann, and Chris Lehman of  the Baffler.  Topics discussed on today’s show include: -How religion became an industry in America. -Donald Trump is a prosperity preacher.  -Debt and the American version of Christianity. Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itunes.c...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org , and Leo Carey of  the New Yorker  gather to grieve. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -Why the Leave vote succeeded. -How UK politics got us here. -What this means for the rest of Europe. Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itunes.com/panoply . Slate Money is brought to you by BollandBranch.com...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org ,  Slate ’s Moneybox  columnist Jordan Weissmann, and Paul Ford of  Postlight  discuss Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - Why Microsoft wanted LinkedIn. -The  debt vs overseas cash  question and the  stock-based compensation  question behind this deal. -How th...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of  Fusion , Cathy O’Neil of  mathbabe.org  and  Slate ’s Moneybox  columnist Jordan Weissmann get saucy. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - French hottie, and rogue trader, Jérôme Kerviel can do no wrong. - Peruvians are pretty good at vulture funds. - Scotland wants to make it a little harder for chavs to get their cheap booze . Check o...

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 gains and losses of the week. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - Was Elizabeth Holmes ever a billionaire? - The failure of welfare reform - What Verizon means to the labor movement . Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itunes.com/panoply...

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 baddies of the week. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - Why Peter Thiel is funding Hulk Hogan's crusade against Gawker. - The IMF says maybe Neoliberalism wasn't so great. - Florida's failed algorithm for recidivism. Check out other Panop...

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 happ...

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. Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itunes.com/pan...

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. Check out other Panoply podcasts at  i...

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. Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itun...

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.  Check out other Panoply podcasts at  itunes....

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? Check out...

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 Check out other P...

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 Slate Money is brought to you by Casper, an onl...

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 Cred...

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 person...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Stacey Vanek Smith of Planet Money discuss the business and finance news of the week. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -Buying citizenship,  in St. Kitts  and  the U.S. - Why activist investors aren't nominating women to board positions. - How white collar America secretly  loves  working too m...

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and  Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk sales taxes. Topics discussed on today’s show include: - Cathy battles  the  tampon tax . - Ted Cruz makes a proposal for a new kind of value-added tax . -Felix can't stand the way Americans keep the sales tax off the price tag. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

On this episode of Slate Money, Guan Yang joins hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and  Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann to talk about battles with the government.  Topics discussed on today’s show include: - The Apple versus the FBI battle is about much more than just Apple.  - Sci-Hub's gone to the dark web. - Argentina says it's not evil anymore.  Hosted on...

On this episode of Slate Money, Neil Irwin, author of  The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire , joins hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and  Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann. This week is all about Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed's new solution for our too-big-to-fail banks. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -How to break up the...