Author Archives: Felix

Under the new rule, it will be much easier for regulators to force banks to rein in their risk-taking on a bank-wide scale, which is where the systemic dangers tend to be found.

The more useful J-school is, the more urgent and important its abolition becomes.

The likeliest scenario is that everything will be fine. Here’s the other scenario.

It’s time that Alphabet becomes a bit more like Intel during the Genevieve Bell years: It has no choice but to start engaging more with the broader design community and the public at large.

Slate Money on arbitration, the pope, and customer returns.

It’s National Wine Day today, you don’t need me to tell you what to do.

If Bezos pays attention to individual stories, it’s less because he cares about the individual and more because he worries that the story being told might be symptomatic of a larger problem.

In Elon Musk vs. reporters, the Tesla CEO is winning.

They’re also confusing as hell and throw smoke in the eye of the art market.

The legendary celebrity magazine just declared bankruptcy. The Andy Warhol Foundation should buy it.

Slate Money on tax cuts, jobs, and the Slate 90.

Online bank Simple thought it would win by “not sucking.” Here’s how that’s going.

Question No. 1: Who leaked this story to the New York Times?

Good!

From the Olympian heights of Big Tech, humanity has a tendency to look rather small.

The two most valuable artworks at the big Sotheby’s evening sale on Monday were both acquired at auction not so long ago.

Slate Money on Mother’s Day, Michael Cohen, and Argentina.

The FT today published a fascinating interview with Thomas Middelhoff, the former CEO of Bertelsmann, the German media giant.

Why is the YMCA Retirement Fund classified as a charity?

What’s going on with foreign affairs nonprofit Food for the Poor?

Why that rubber-chicken dinner isn’t such a bad idea.

A dive into the multibillion-dollar nonprofit sector.

It’s not going to work.

Slate Money on the Sprint–T-Mobile merger, remittances, and Apple buybacks.

Save your $420 for some outlet that needs it.