Author Archives: Felix

The current world is one which has lost the probabilistic dampeners we all got used to growing up.

Slate Money talks everything Germany.

Forget industry disruption. This is just a good, solid purchase.

What the new narrative around Twitter’s comeback is missing.

Secondary-market speculation on private-company share prices was rare in 2011; the rise of the unicorns means that it’s much more common today, and equally unedifying.

Slate Money on public transit, pregnancy, and Rwanda.

John Stankey just made a big mistake.

In South Sudan, a new, affordable machine is saving lives.

The New Yorker writer and surgeon is an unconventional choice to lead the Bezos-Buffett health care startup, and a good one.

The charges could send her to prison for as long as 20 years; given the sums of money involved, and the utter lack of remorse that she has shown as her company has imploded in scandal, there’s every reason to … Continue reading →

Slate Money on Bad Blood, Netflix, and Just Capital

Donald Trump, today, became the poster child for transactional philanthropy: Even when he spends other people’s money, or makes a charitable donation in his own name, he’s always buying something.

Paul Tudor Jones and Goldman Sachs are launching a new, values-driven investment fund, and it makes a lot of sense.

Against Craig Newmark’s $20 million J-school gift.

Slate Money on GitHub, WhatsApp, and Australia.

The Sage of Omaha’s plea for companies to scrap quarterly earnings estimates is balderdash with a side of hypocrisy.

The beauty of wine — the reason why we love it — lives very happily in the land of myths and stories.

Forget New York City and San Francisco. The next great startup hub is in Canada.

The Facebook CEO can’t be trusted.

I don’t love talking about myself, or what I’m up to.

Elon Musk is tweeting up a storm. He needs to be stopped.

Tabular figures are a bit like riding a bike.

Companies can be worth a lot more to a strategic acquirer than they would be on the open market, and GitHub is a prime example.

Habitat 67 remains a unique masterpiece. Go to Montreal, and check it out. It’s well worth the trip.

Slate Money on Italy, the Volcker rule, and sandwiches.