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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann and special guest, Laura Arnold the Co-Chair of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation discuss the economics of Philanthropy.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Criminal-justice data and algorithms
-The responsibility of philanthropy
-Philanthropy in the age of Trump
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman are joined by ProPublica financial reporter Jesse Eisinger to discuss:
- The practice of paying economists large sums to promote mergers
- Facebook, Google and fake news
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of, Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman, summarize where we are post election.
Topics discussed on today’s show:
Why markets didn’t crash Trump’s proposed stimulus plan and how it might affect the country.This year’s polling data and why predictions were so far off.
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann breakdown the cost of living forever.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Buying immortality: would you put your body on ice for $36,000?
-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic venture to cure all diseases.
-Genetic testing: Can my genes tell me how to optimize my fitness training and diet?
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Recode’s Edmund Lee breakdown the breakups and mergers in business and finance news this week.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:AT&T’s plan to buy entertainment and news giant Time WarnerWallonia formally approves EU-Canada, CETA trade dealBuzzy Tech Companies and how they fare in the public stock markets.Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman breakdown how things are heating up with the HFC deal, proposed NYC Airbnb regulations, and the Volcker Rule.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-The hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) deal to phase down global climate-warming
-The proposed Airbnb crack downs on New York City hosts
-How a Goldman Sachs trader can make $100 million in the Volcker Rule era
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talks to English economist and author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, Tim Harford.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford.
-Warren Buffett's Taxes
-Contract Theory in the wake of the Nobel Prize awarded.
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion; Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction; and Time correspondent Haley Sweetland Edwards talk about Haley’s new book on shadow courts, the current plight of active managers, and congestion pricing.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Shadow Courts: TheTribunals That Rule Global Trade by Haley Sweetland Edwards
-The merger of investment management groups Janus and Henderson
-Congestion pricing in London
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Wall Street Journal reporter and host of WSJ Heard on the Street Miriam Gottfried talks the highs and lows of this week’s business and finance news.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
The Wall Street Journal’s college rankings list
The state of Deutsche Bank’s financial health
Elon Musk’s mission to Mars
Also, here is the personality test Cathy mentioned: “The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction.”
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of the upcoming, Weapons of Math Destruction, andRyan Avent, author of The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Centurydiscuss how jobs are changing in the robot economy, Wells Fargo’s unnecessary banking products, and shifty Amazon pricing algorithms.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Ryan Avent discusses his take on how work might change in the future, a topic explored in his book The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century
-The pressure Wells Fargo put on bank tellers to sign customers up for products they weren’t interested in
-Bias in Amazon’s pricing algorithm
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