Author Archives: Felix

When cultural institutions rely on monster traveling shows like Kusama and Bowie, we all lose.

In my last note I worried, not very much, about journalistic purity.

Slate Money on self-driving cars, Ford, and WeWork debt.

It’s also heartless.

A company with a market capitalization of $814 billion should not be judged by normal standards.

Once people no longer place stock in the principles of editorial integrity, then something something Trump something.

Blaming the big funds for excessive CEO pay is as ridiculous as the pay itself.

The tech world doesn’t need IPOs anymore, and that’s turning the finance industry on its head.

Slate Money on brands, airspace, and authenticity.

It’s politically possible, but only at substantial fiscal cost.

Could this Berkeley website have found a new model for sustainable local news?

Without an open, inclusive environment, the company can’t make money.

Slate Money on Rusal sanctions, lawyers, and credit default swaps.

Once you realize that you’re not attracting any women as candidates, then perhaps it becomes time to start questioning your whole media empire.

Slate Money on a trade war with China, the wage gap, and New Zealand.

Every so often, after eating too much pizza or chocolate cake, I’ll feel guilty and remorseful, and I’ll want to make up for it by eating something healthy.

Zuckerberg’s resignation would open up the possibility of a world-changing and reputation-enhancing second chapter, not only for him personally but also for Facebook the corporation. More important, those changes would clearly benefit the planet as a whole.

I’m in the middle of a lovely beach break in Costa Rica, but for some reason I haven’t been able to get the egg spoon story out of my mind.

Slate Money on the future of movies, today’s movie stars, and inclusion riders.

An examination of 15 years’ worth of solo shows reveals a significant shift when Molesworth took the reins.

Earlier this week, I published a column at Wired on Wealthfront, and how it has moved in a very worrying direction in recent weeks.

Felix Salmon, political-risk consultant Anna Szymanski, and guest Tim Fernholz discuss Tim’s new book, Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race; the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal; and Wealthfront’s risky decision.

It’s time for Meisel and Leibovitz to cede the stage, to make way for people under the age of 60.

There is one thing Zuckerberg could do in particular: He could end all targeted advertising on Facebook (and Instagram, too).

The main job of a wine label is to kill that which is most alive in wine, to zero out its inherent uncertainty.