Monthly Archives: August 2015

Ban daily stock market reports

Stocks are down! Or up! Or something. Felix Salmon argues the media should stop doing this every day, because it’s meaningless and makes people feel stupid.

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Breaking news consumer’s handbook: Stock market volatility edition

Make sense of market misinformation.

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The Migration Edition

Columbia economist Suresh Naidu joins Slate Money to talk migrants, refugees, and work visas.

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China is still a success story (and Jim Chanos was wrong)

A few days of stock-market volatility can’t change that basic fact.

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Should you be buying stocks right now?

Not everybody needs to be in the market.

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Three cheers for the plunging stock market

Think of it as stocks going on sale

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The White-Collar Whine Edition

The Slate Money crew discusses the harsh culture of working as an Amazon executive and whether unpaid internships will soon be a thing of the past.

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The economics of anal sex

More than any other sex act, anal sex causes a man to be as determined as possible to make sure that the woman has an orgasm.

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How staying private paid off for the Economist

We live in a topsy-turvy world in which noncontrolling corporate stakes are worth more when they’re private than when they’re public.

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Can Bloomingdale’s get its diamonds back? We ask a lawyer

You never really paid for those $10,000 diamonds. Can Bloomingdale’s ask for them back?

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The Live Long and Prosper Edition

Author Manu Saadia joins Slate Money to discuss the economics of the Star Trek universe.

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26 reasons Google created Alphabet

Why did Google create Alphabet? Here are 26 reasons.

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The Marriage Edition

Jenny Anderson joins Slate Money to discuss the economics of weddings, chores, and adultery.

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Felix Salmon on what the GOP debate should really look like

We should reduce the number of candidates in any given debate. To two.

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Why mobile ad blocking is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If a brand wants to ensure that its ads are actually seen, it’s just going to have to buy that many more impressions.

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Puerto Rico is no longer in control of its own destiny

Welcome to costly protracted chaos.

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The National Politics Edition

Law professor and author Zephyr Teachout joins the Slate Money crew to discuss money in campaigns, money in Puerto Rico, and money in Hillary’s speech.

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