Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Sports Edition

Slate Money on paying college athletes, the real cost of sports stadiums, and the outsized salary of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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Sovereigns, Vultures and Ignoble Cowardice

Atrocious jurisprudence has plunged Argentina into an unwanted default and upended the world of sovereign debt.

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How stupid is a Davos audience, anyway?

All of us have occasionally applauded a speech we haven’t listened to.

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The Davos Edition

Slate Money on what actually happens when you go to Davos, when the European Central Bank tries quantitative easing, and when the U.S. capital gains tax goes up.

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Davos: Fear ascendant

I suspect that 2015 is going to be the year that fear becomes self-fulfilling.

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Fact check: How many jets actually flew into Davos?

The headlines, it seems, are off by an entire order of magnitude.

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Oxfam’s misleading wealth statistics

My first attempt at evergreen journalism: a recapitulation and update of a post I wrote at Reuters in the wake of Oxfam’s last report.

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The “Crazy Currencies” Edition

Slate Money on the ups and downs of bitcoin and the Swiss franc.

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Poll: Do Americans have the right to blaspheme religion?

The results of a Fusion survey.

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Felix Salmon Has Something to Tell You

A Q&A about media, and what I’m up to at Fusion

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The “Shrinkage” Edition

Slate Money on shrinking birthrates in Japan, shrinking prices in the eurozone, and the shrinking cost of television access.

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Your next watch

Just might not be made by Apple

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The Econ 101 Edition

Inspired by an email from a teacher, the Slate Money crew discusses 10 things that every high school economics student should know.

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