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Category Archives: Uncategorized
The Volcker Rule Never Really Worked. No Need to Mourn Its Demise.
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.
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Journalism schools should not exist
The more useful J-school is, the more urgent and important its abolition becomes.
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How Bad Could a Euro Crisis in Italy Get?
The likeliest scenario is that everything will be fine. Here’s the other scenario.
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The Creepy Rise of Real Companies Spawning Fictional Design
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.
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The Ticking Time Bomb Edition
Slate Money on arbitration, the pope, and customer returns.
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Nota bene: Cheers!
It’s National Wine Day today, you don’t need me to tell you what to do.
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Amazon Should Be Very Careful About Banning Customers for Making Too Many Returns
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.
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Loser Journalists
In Elon Musk vs. reporters, the Tesla CEO is winning.
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Are Auction Guarantees the New Private Sales? Yes, for Art Sellers Who Don’t Want to Get Ripped Off
They’re also confusing as hell and throw smoke in the eye of the art market.
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Save Interview
The legendary celebrity magazine just declared bankruptcy. The Andy Warhol Foundation should buy it.
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The “Where’s My Tax Cut?” Edition
Slate Money on tax cuts, jobs, and the Slate 90.
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Why Is It So Hard to Create a Good Bank?
Online bank Simple thought it would win by “not sucking.” Here’s how that’s going.
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The Most Important Questions to Ask About the Kushner 666 Fifth Ave. Deal
Question No. 1: Who leaked this story to the New York Times?
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Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Ethically Iffy ‘Philanthropy’
From the Olympian heights of Big Tech, humanity has a tendency to look rather small.
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Nota bene: Flipping modern masters
The two most valuable artworks at the big Sotheby’s evening sale on Monday were both acquired at auction not so long ago.
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The Give Your Mother a Century Bond Edition
Slate Money on Mother’s Day, Michael Cohen, and Argentina.
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In Europe, They Actually Fine and Jail Misbehaving CEOs. Why Can’t We?
The FT today published a fascinating interview with Thomas Middelhoff, the former CEO of Bertelsmann, the German media giant.
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Y, M, C—What?
Why is the YMCA Retirement Fund classified as a charity?
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Inflated Expectations
What’s going on with foreign affairs nonprofit Food for the Poor?
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Galanomics
Why that rubber-chicken dinner isn’t such a bad idea.
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Introducing the Slate 90
A dive into the multibillion-dollar nonprofit sector.
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The Leapfrogging Edition
Slate Money on the Sprint–T-Mobile merger, remittances, and Apple buybacks.
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The Bloomberg Paywall Does Not Make Sense
Save your $420 for some outlet that needs it.
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