Monthly Archives: May 2015

The Random Rules Edition

Google’s virtual reality Cardboard, media consolidation big and small, and what the FIFA folks did wrong.

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The way Uber fares are calculated is a mess

Uber charges nothing for its Berlin drivers’ time. Why is that?

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Advice for budding journalists, from Felix Salmon

A few months ago, British financial journalist, Felix Salmon served up some career advice to aspiring journalists and the long and short of it was: don’t bother.

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The Make Something New Edition

James Ledbetter of the Inc. Uncensored podcast joins Slate Money to talk about in vitro fertilization, Verizon’s purchase of AOL, and this week’s art auctions.

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I told you to sell your stocks, and then stocks went up. Was I wrong?

I took great pains to make it as clear as I could that I had no idea whether stocks were going up or down, but that they were more likely to go up than down.

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The Shaking Things Up Edition

Slate Money asks: How bad are U.S. airports, what just happened in the U.K. election, and what exactly are Elizabeth Warren and David Vitter trying to do to the Fed?

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One chart you need to check before choosing a college

Fusion’s Lifetime Earnings Calculator is an invaluable tool for anyone trying to get a grip on the costs and benefits of different kinds of college and different kinds of degree.

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Plutocrats Gone Wild

At high-minded conferences like the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the parties seem to be usurping the panels. But is that a bad thing?

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Why Facebook should buy Twitter

Twitter would start being personal again.

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The Celebrations Edition

Rob Cox of Reuters Breakingviews joins Slate Money to discuss the economics of music festivals, GE, and Jordan’s wedding day.

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If Black America were a country

The Economist has put together an astonishing infographic.

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