Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Davos Again Edition

Slate Money broadcasts from the World Economic Forum in Davos with Quartz reporter Jenny Anderson.

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A Picasso’s Economics Lesson

Qatar, it seems, was gazumped.

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The Development Edition

Slate Money talks to author William Easterly about the developing world, poor and displaced populations, and the World Bank.

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When it comes to investing, Lady Bracknell was correct

Handbags are not a good investment.

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The New Year’s Resolution Edition

Slate Money talks Weight Watchers, health-related wearables, and the economics of gyms.

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You just won the $800 million Powerball. Now what?

Fight the urge to tell all your friends.

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15 things Bernie Sanders said about Wall Street, and whether they make any sense

What exactly does Sanders want to do with Wall Street?

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Why approving new cancer drugs isn’t always a good idea

Not only is it incredibly hard to determine whether or not a particular drug works; it’s hard even to come up with a useful and workable understanding of what it means for a drug to work.

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The Hogmanay Edition

Slate Money talks derivatives, predatory lending, and the economics of partying on New Year’s Eve.

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Privacy is an afterthought when convenience is king

When a Norwegian folk-pop duo decided to call themselves the Kings of Convenience back in 1999, they wound up with a few minor hits. They should have become venture capitalists instead—they would have made billions.

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The economic principle that explains why people are paying $400 to party at the Olive Garden tonight

Being inside the Times Square Olive Garden on New Year’s Eve is what economists call a “positional good” – it’s something with relatively little innate value, and which rather derives its value mainly by being superior to some lesser alternative.

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