Welcome To The Highly Probable World of Improbability

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Felix

The current world is one which has lost the probabilistic dampeners we all got used to growing up.

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The Germany Edition

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money talks everything Germany.

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Why Amazon Was Really, Really Smart to Buy PillPack

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Felix

Forget industry disruption. This is just a good, solid purchase.

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The Twitter Squeeze

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Felix

What the new narrative around Twitter’s comeback is missing.

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The Stock Market Loophole That Screws the Little Guy

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Felix

Secondary-market speculation on private-company share prices was rare in 2011; the rise of the unicorns means that it’s much more common today, and equally unedifying.

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The It Depends on the Price of the Bonds Edition

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on public transit, pregnancy, and Rwanda.

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The Journalists at CNN Should Be Worried About Their New Boss

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Felix

John Stankey just made a big mistake.

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Don’t Take Ultrasounds for Granted

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Felix

In South Sudan, a new, affordable machine is saving lives.

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Atul Gawande, CEO?

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Felix

The New Yorker writer and surgeon is an unconventional choice to lead the Bezos-Buffett health care startup, and a good one.

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Elizabeth Holmes Deserves Prison, but Her Indictment Won’t Make Silicon Valley Any Less Reckless

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Felix

The charges could send her to prison for as long as 20 years; given the sums of money involved, and the utter lack of remorse that she has shown as her company has imploded in scandal, there’s every reason to expect that if she’s found guilty, her sentence will be at the upper end of that range.

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The House of Cards Edition

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Bad Blood, Netflix, and Just Capital

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How Donald Trump Took Transactional Philanthropy to Its Logical, and Illegal, Extreme

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Felix

Donald Trump, today, became the poster child for transactional philanthropy: Even when he spends other people’s money, or makes a charitable donation in his own name, he’s always buying something.

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Invest Good

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Felix

Paul Tudor Jones and Goldman Sachs are launching a new, values-driven investment fund, and it makes a lot of sense.

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Donating to Journalism School Is Not the Best Way to Help the Cause of Journalism

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Felix

Against Craig Newmark’s $20 million J-school gift.

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The Put a Fork in It Edition

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on GitHub, WhatsApp, and Australia.

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Spare Us, Warren Buffett

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Felix

The Sage of Omaha’s plea for companies to scrap quarterly earnings estimates is balderdash with a side of hypocrisy.

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You Love Wine Science Until it Detracts From the Magic in Your Glass

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Felix

The beauty of wine — the reason why we love it — lives very happily in the land of myths and stories.

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Want Your Startup to Succeed? Move to Toronto

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Felix

Forget New York City and San Francisco. The next great startup hub is in Canada.

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There Is No Justification for What Mark Zuckerberg Did to WhatsApp

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Felix

The Facebook CEO can’t be trusted.

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Nota bene: Nota bene

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Felix

I don’t love talking about myself, or what I’m up to.

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Elon Musk and the Unnerving Influence of Twitter’s Power Users

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Felix

Elon Musk is tweeting up a storm. He needs to be stopped.

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Nota bene: Tabular figures

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Felix

Tabular figures are a bit like riding a bike.

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Why Would Microsoft Pay $7.5 Billion for GitHub?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Felix

Companies can be worth a lot more to a strategic acquirer than they would be on the open market, and GitHub is a prime example.

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Nota bene: Habitat 67

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Felix

Habitat 67 remains a unique masterpiece. Go to Montreal, and check it out. It’s well worth the trip.

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The Five-Star Sandwich Edition

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Italy, the Volcker rule, and sandwiches.

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