Author Archives: Felix

Either that, or Greg Emerson has no idea what an order of magnitude is.

My response to Gerard Baker.

In this live episode, Slate Money talks small breweries and the economics of beer.

Slate Money discusses the reality of China’s school systems and online media’s role in spreading ISIS propaganda.

On Netflix, HBO, and the economics of video consumption in a post-broadcast world.

I have something to say about lead.

Slate Money discusses grading employees on their health and price-fixing generic drugs.

Maybe we should call it the Craven Caravan of Corporate Capitulation and Collaboration.

A whine about wine

The purview of headlines needs to be wrested back from social-optimization teams.

Slate Money on United’s Basic Economy fare and Trump’s Air Force One negotiations.

The answer to pretty much all traffic problems, it seems to me, is best addressed neither on the supply side nor on the demand side, but rather on the expectations side.

Donald Trump has already broken America.

Slate Money discusses Trump’s economic team.

My first newsletter, about price rises at the New York Times and at auction houses.

Slate Money talks philanthropy with Laura Arnold.

Slate Money on India’s demonetization and the practice of paying economists large sums to promote mergers.

What happens when an executive branch of seasoned technocrats is replaced by an executive branch of chaos monkeys?

Brexit is permanent. Trump, by contrast, can be defeated.

Slate Money on why pollsters got it so terribly wrong this year.

Trump is the exact opposite of Mr. Obama.

I’m taking the amount that my investments rose in value today, and I’m donating it to two charities that will continue to fight for the principles that I believe in and Donald Trump does not.

The noble action, in the face of adversity, is to fight, and never give up, and, ultimately, to overcome.

Voting isn’t always easy. The lines can be long, the polling stations inconveniently located, the competing demands on your time more urgent. And sure, statistically, your vote isn’t going to make any difference. But voting is an incredibly valuable privilege … Continue reading →

Donald Trump loves the win for the “leave” side in the Brexit vote. He thinks that a fearmongering nativist campaign can win the U.S. presidential election. He’s wrong.