Monthly Archives: January 2018

The Trump in Davos Edition

Slate Money on Trump in Davos.

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“Regrettable”

If this particular dinner finally came to its long-overdue end, that wouldn’t be regrettable at all. It would be a triumph.

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Oxfam’s excellent inequality report

I’ve been rude about this report in the past. This year, however, Oxfam has switched tack.

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Wine is a terrible investment

Old wines have become a niche taste.

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The You Guys PIK Edition

Slate Money on BlackRock, super PIK bonds, and Nigerian debt.

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Fighting polio with financial engineering

Pakistan and Nigeria did what they promised to do in terms of fighting polio, and the Gates Foundation picked up their tab to the Japanese.

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BlackRock’s tiny nudge in the right direction

A firestorm this is not. It’s much smaller and subtler than that.

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The Down the IGWEL Edition

Slate Money on Trump going to Davos, Huawei, and iPhone addiction.

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Crunching the Metropolitan Museum’s numbers

If anybody can afford a pay-what-you-wish policy, the Met can.

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Mark Eisner’s posthumous self-sabotage

Every so often, a charitable donation comes along which is so atrocious, on so many levels, that it deserves to be aired out in public as a prime example of what not to do.

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Why Trump’s going to Davos

It was always naive to expect Davos to be the home of any kind of Resistance; instead, it’s going to ratify itself as part of the Capitulation.

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The Distinctly Nordic Edition

Slate Money on Iceland, Spotify, and Iran.

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