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The Outrageous Edition

The Outrageous Edition

FromSlate Money


The Outrageous Edition

FromSlate Money

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Sep 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss the outrageously terrible, and good, news of the week.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:

How Turing pharmaceuticals gouged the price of the HIV drug Daraprim
Volkswagen admits its cars fooled regulators, which may have caused deaths
The beauty of Kickstarter's new business model


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Released:
Sep 26, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.