Monthly Archives: August 2014

House of Cards: Magic and Probability

Slate Money on card tricks, tech valuations, and investing in professional athletes.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge Isn’t Going Away

But giving money to disease-specific charities is still a bad idea.

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The Ethics of Buying Stocks

Slate Money on tech deals minus the bankers, Amazon’s new payment system, and answers to listener questions.

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No need for banks in an era of intellectual capital

Silicon Valley deals are not based on factors that bankers can model

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Slate Money: The Payday Edition

Slate Money on payday loans, BuzzFeed’s latest valuation, and the value of data scientists.

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Bad Paper

My first #post-text project for Fusion: Bad Paper, a game which should help people understand the world of debt collections in a fun, immersive way. I gave it a short write-up for Fusion, but the main article it’s linked to … Continue reading

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How to understand A16Z’s investment in BuzzFeed

If you’re looking at it asking how anybody could pay that kind of money for a bunch of listicles, you’re looking at it all wrong

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Up in smoke

How US states lost billions of dollars in tobacco settlement revenues

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Slate Money: The Impenetrable Business Jargon Edition

On financial gobbledygook, corporate “living wills” vs. “Too Big to Fail” and the battle over the estate of Robert Rauschenberg.

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Babies and Burgers

Slate Money on the business of surrogacy, a landmark McDonald’s labor ruling, and Argentina’s debt default (again).

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