Monthly Archives: November 2016

The Optimism Edition

Slate Money talks philanthropy with Laura Arnold.

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The Monopoly Money Edition

Slate Money on India’s demonetization and the practice of paying economists large sums to promote mergers.

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Trump’s nightmare government may have no public servants

What happens when an executive branch of seasoned technocrats is replaced by an executive branch of chaos monkeys?

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Britain might be lost, but Trump can still be defeated

Brexit is permanent. Trump, by contrast, can be defeated.

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The Oh Sh*t Edition

Slate Money on why pollsters got it so terribly wrong this year.

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How Wall Street Will Contend With a High-Risk Trump

Trump is the exact opposite of Mr. Obama.

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Here’s one simple way to fight Donald Trump’s election

I’m taking the amount that my investments rose in value today, and I’m donating it to two charities that will continue to fight for the principles that I believe in and Donald Trump does not.

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Donald Trump has won. Now we have to fight him.

The noble action, in the face of adversity, is to fight, and never give up, and, ultimately, to overcome.

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I thought voting didn’t matter. Then I became a U.S. citizen.

Voting isn’t always easy. The lines can be long, the polling stations inconveniently located, the competing demands on your time more urgent. And sure, statistically, your vote isn’t going to make any difference. But voting is an incredibly valuable privilege … Continue reading

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Britain fell for Trumpism. America won’t.

Donald Trump loves the win for the “leave” side in the Brexit vote. He thinks that a fearmongering nativist campaign can win the U.S. presidential election. He’s wrong.

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If Palantir really cared about diversity, it wouldn’t pay its employees like this

The Silicon Valley playing field is tilted sharply towards tech bros, making it harder for people from less privileged groups to succeed.

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