The Monopoly Money Edition
Slate Money discusses the economists who promote large-scale mergers, fake news on Facebook and Google, and India's demonetization
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Show Notes
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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Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann, @eisingerj
Production by Zachary Dinerstein.
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