Author Archives: Felix

The Death of Stalin is doing very well at the box office.

Companies like Wealthfront are moving away from their early ideals of low-fee passive investing—and customers should be skeptical.

If you live in the USA, your local Toys R Us is closing down, with the loss of all the associated jobs. And if your Twitter feed looks anything like mine, you will have see a link to a Jeff … Continue reading →

Slate Money on universal basic income, McDonald’s, housing, and Martin Shkreli.

Reuters News just won the lottery. What will it do with all that money?

If you want to make a difference, on the guns-in-America front, put real pressure on Remington’s new owners.

I’m a journalist, I’m loathe to tell anybody to avoid exposing themselves to journalism. Expose yourself to more! As much as possible! And pay for it!

Slate Money on Gary Cohn, South African land, and Dodd–Frank.

If Swensen isn’t willing or able to defend his amoral investing philosophy, it’s probably time to replace him with someone more accountable.

Allowing the female-moderator loophole effectively gets conference organizers off the hook when it comes to identifying and inviting qualified female panelists.

The Weinstein Company, under its new name, is going to be a pretty precarious place for a while, until the new owners, board, and management can start explaining clearly what it is and what its purpose is.

How publishers are racing to own the money-printing machine that is the daily news podcast.

I’ve just gone to see Angels in America on Broadway in its first week of previews, and, if you can, you really should go see it.

Slate Money on tariffs, the Seychelles, and expert networks.

One thing I love is going to the theatre on my birthday.

My review of Chris Hughes’s new book, Fair Shot, is up online and will be coming out in the print NYTBR soon.

Facebook’s ad-pricing algorithms have failed American democracy once. They cannot do so again.

If you’re invested in some kind of mutual fund or pension fund or index fund which owns gun stocks, don’t stress it too much. They’re not doing harm, and they might even do some good.

Chris Hughes, as he will be the first to tell you, has too much money.

Slate Money on guns, GE, and Alibaba.

The fantastic media news of the day is that Gothamist has been bought by a consortium of radio stations led by New York’s WNYC.

Who knew that JP Morgan was a bastion of sexual equality?

Last week, in my Wired column, I proposed taxing Uber (and Lyft) in an attempt to reduce congestion.

Today’s a sad day for lovers of mid-century architecture.

Did anybody stop to think what the effect of the post would be on TLYCS’s reputation? Because almost everybody reading it is going to come to the conclusion that TLYCS isn’t nearly as trustworthy and objective as it makes itself … Continue reading →