Monthly Archives: July 2016

The Size Matters Edition

Slate Money on Verizon buying Yahoo, CEO salaries, and the economy of digital advertising.

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How one small company is saving the homes of poor Americans

There’s an America where home values never recovered, and families remain stuck deep underwater. That America is poor, and disproportionately black.

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The summer when Roger Ailes, the GOP, and Great Britain had their Wile E. Coyote moments

First the ground falls out from underneath you, and you have no support, no relevance. And yet, in this first stage, you still have a certain amount of institutional forward momentum. You keep on going, sometimes with surprising vigor and … Continue reading

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The Big Data Edition

Slate Money on Palantir, Dollar Shave Club, and Tesla.

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Peter Thiel thinks he’s a Trump supporter. But really he’s Trump’s enemy.

The people who would listen to Ivanka Trump, the people who would listen to Peter Thiel – those people are voting for Hillary.

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Roger Ailes’ downfall is the best thing that could have happened to Fox News

It can finally start to emerge from the long shadow of its founder, and become newly relevant again.

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Why I’m betting $100 that Hillary Clinton will be a one-term president

The Republicans might be a mess right now, but they will be much more powerful, and just as angry, in four years’ time. And there’s nothing the Democrats can do to stop them.

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The Sports Week Edition

Slate Money on why the UFC sold for 4 billion dollars, NBA salary caps, and the Rio Olympics.

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The NBA proves that unions work. The UFC shows why they’re necessary.

The NBA is a throwback to the halcyon days of organized labor: it’s what an industry looks like when labor manages to put itself on an equal footing with capital.

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The Fallout Edition

Slate Money on U.K. property funds, negative interest rates, and Italian banks in crisis.

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The Godly Edition

Slate Money on how religion became a guiding economic force in America.

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​Brexit, Hamilton, and the limits of democracy

Winning was easy, young man. Governing’s harder.

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