Nota bene: Gallows humor

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Felix

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

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Beware of Roboadvisors Bearing Low Fees

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Toys don’t fung

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Felix

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 Spross essay blaming the demise of the company on “vulture capitalists”.

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The Jordan’s Last Episode Edition

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Felix

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

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The $10 billion opportunity at Reuters

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Where anti-gun activists should focus next

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Ignorance is bliss

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Felix

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!

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The Dread Pirate Trump Edition

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Holding Yale accountable

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Women on panels

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Whither Weinstein’s company?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Felix

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.

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The Podcasting Juggernaut Has (Finally) Arrived

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: The best play of 2018

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Felix

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.

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The Natural Beauty Edition

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Ticketing Angels

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Chris Hughes’s statistics

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: The arbitrage that won the 2016 election

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: You’re probably not a gun owner

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Felix

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.

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Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty.

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Felix

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

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The Success Theater Edition

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on guns, GE, and Alibaba.

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Nota bene: Gothamist’s resurrection

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Felix

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.

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Nota bene: Glass ceilings, pay-parity flaws

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: Taxing Uber is easy

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: The death and life of great American skyscrapers

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Felix

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

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Nota bene: The dangers of siding with Oxfam

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Felix

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 out to be.

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