Slate Money

On this week’s episode of SlateMoney, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate's Jordan Weissmann, and Cathy O’Neil of Mathbabe.org devote the entire episode to a letter from Nathan Connelly, running down a list of the top nine (or maybe ten, depending on who's counting) essential economic concepts every high school graduate should understand.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Levine of Bloomberg View discusses three of his favorite stories from 2014 with host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and special guest Shane Ferro of Business Insider. Show notes at slate.com/slatemoney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money on the currency crisis in Russia, a reversal of the swaps "push-out" rule, the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, and U.S.-Cuba relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org and Jordan Weissmann of Slate discuss US attorney Preet Bharara's overturned convictions for insider trading, customer service dust-ups, and marriage and the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org and Jordan Weissmann of Slate discuss art markets rich (Art Basel) and less rich (Etsy), a controversy over Maurice Sendak's estate, and the unfathomable generosity of Slate Money listeners.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 29 of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of Mathbabe.org, and Jordan Weissmann of Slate’s Moneybox discuss charities as venture capitalists, in the wake of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s $3 billion profit from a very expensive drug. And, Uber is disrupting the taxi business – and tracking your movements using a “God Mode” function. Plus: an assessment of Abenomics and our numbers round.      Here are links to some of the topics mentioned during this week's show:   The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s $3.3 billion deal for selling royalty rights for drugs to treat the disease.   How “pay for performance” contracts with doctors could have a detrimental affect on health care.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica and Rob Reich of Stanford University discuss transactional philanthropy at Lincoln Center, the boom in family foundations and ProPublica's investigation of the American Red Cross.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year’s midterm elections produced big gains for Republicans – and pot smokers. On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate's Jordan Weissmann, and Cathy O'Neil of Mathbabe.org discuss the rise of legal weed, private funding for public schools, and Taylor Swift's breakup with Spotify.  Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show: Felix’s article on Taylor Swift yanking her entire catalog from Spotify More Slate takes: Chris Molanphy on “Why Taylor Swift Is the Super Bowl of Pop” and the Culture Gabfesters split bitterly Tay-tay Cathy pointed out the crowdsourcing project Price of Weed: A Global Price Index for Marijuana Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on education and inequality USC’s Lawrence O. Picus’ New York Times op-ed, “School Fundraising Is Unfair But Unavoidable.” Felix mentioned the addictive site Import IO: Instantly Turn Web Pages Into Data Cathy’s number for this week was inspired by this study, which was the subject of an Econo

On Ep. 25: Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement that he is "proud to be gay," the end of the Fed's historic effort to stimulate the American economy, and the falling price of oil. Plus, a farewell to producer Tracey Samuelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felix Salmon, Jordan Weissmann, and Cathy O’Neil discuss non-compete clauses for sandwich-makers, why most financial economics papers may be wrong, and what the Federal Reserve knew in advance about J.P. Morgan's "London Whale." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of MathBabe.org and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: The group hosts authors John Lanchester and Jake Halpern to chat about their newly released books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salman of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of Mathbabe.org, and old-school blogger and ThinkUp founder Anil Dash talk about why tech companies break up, the ongoing AIG trial, and how to invest your non-retirement money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: why the Fed allowed Lehman Brothers to fail, the protests in Hong Kong, and a new paper from former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate's Jordan Weissmann and special guest Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace discuss the sudden resignation of Bill Gross, founder of PIMCO, the world's largest bond fund; the apparent negative stock value of Yahoo; and what happens when everyone knows their coworkers' salaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Cathy O'Neil filling in for host Felix Salmon with Slate's own Jordan Weissmann and special guest Cardiff Garcia. This week: the gender gap part II, Chinese debt, and stock buybacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's Jordan Weissmann discuss the economic illogic of Scotland’s independence vote, how a federal banking regulation could impact infrastructure investment, and a look at how higher education pays (or doesn’t) with help from Felix Salmon’s interactive game.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: Eric Cantor goes to Wall Street, possible problems with dollar-store mergers, and premium bonds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: the dangers of math in the real world, Amazon buys Twitch, and why investing in professional athletes may not be a great idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: a dive into the mailbag, why tech companies aren't using bankers for M&A deals, and Amazon's new payment system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money, featuring Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Columbia University and Slate's own Jordan Weissmann. This week: when payday loans become usurious, why Buzzfeed’s latest valuation is so high, and the big paychecks of data scientists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices