Axios Edge: Rentals — Fame — A bad disguise

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Felix

A world of continuously variable price is unstable and uncertain, even when overall inflation is low.

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The This Should Be Free Edition

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on the information spectrum, from Wikipedia and academic journals to Zuckerberg’s pivot to privacy.

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Axios Edge: Efficient Tesla — WarnerMedia defenestrations — Lyft’s IPO

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Felix

Wanna buy a minotaur? On the current list of VC-backed private companies that have raised more than $1 billion in equity capital: Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, Slack and Pinterest, all of which could go public this year.

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The Occupy French Starbucks Edition

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on Teslas finally being cheaper, Kraft and 3G, Facebook’s content-moderation failures, and the political scene in France.

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Axios Edge: Neobanks — Deficits — Minotaurs

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Felix

American banks are minting money. In 2018, they made $237 billion in profits, bringing their average return on assets to an extremely healthy 1.35%.

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The Color of Money Edition

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on black banks and the racial wealth gap.

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Meet the “minotaurs”: The companies that have raised more than $1 billion

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Felix

Being a unicorn — a private company worth a billion dollars — isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Raising a billion dollars.

The 55 minotaur companies

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Axios Edge: Taxes — Buybacks — AirPods

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Felix

The U.S. tax system does one thing right: It collects taxes in a very smart way.

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The Lucky Strike Edition

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on lower tax refunds, Finland’s income experiment, and labor’s current strengths.

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Axios Edge: Bank mergers — Audio acquisitions — Climate finance

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Felix

The Green New Deal resolution came out this week.

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The Mrs. Watanabe’s Favorite Podcast Edition

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on Spotify and Gimlet, the women’s labor force in Japan, and savings rates.

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Axios Edge: Hegemony — Poverty — Bankruptcy

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Felix

America is back. Donald Trump’s White House is pushing his international agenda aggressively, with the rest of the world allowing the Trump administration to take the lead.

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The “Horse Loose in a Hospital” Edition

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on OFAC sanctions against Venezuela, Fed rates, and PG&E officially filing for bankruptcy.

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Axios Edge: Billionaires — Socialism — Venezuela

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Felix

When billionaires gather in Davos, the world increasingly assumes that their prescriptions are entirely self-serving.

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The Blah Blah Blahs Matter Edition

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on AOC’s tax ideas at Davos, currency colonization, and Microsoft and housing.

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Axios Edge: Jack Bogle — Larry Fink — DJ D-Sol

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Felix

1 big thing: Jack Bogle’s misunderstood legacy

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The Bad Deals Edition

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money remembers Jack Bogle, discusses constant Brexit drama, and looks at bad deal-making.

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Axios Edge: De-branding — Direct listing — Ultimatums

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Felix

Historically, companies were proud to name themselves after brands they had managed to elevate to a place of global name recognition.

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The WeBurnout Edition

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on millennial burnout, odd rebranding efforts, and the World Bank.

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Trump’s test at the World Bank

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Felix

The presidency of the World Bank — the most powerful job in international development — is up for grabs, in the wake of the surprise resignation of Jim Yong Kim.

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Axios Edge: Apple — Mega-mergers — Stitch Fix

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Felix

What we learned this week is that Apple looms unrealistically large in investors’ imaginations.

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The God Save Texas Edition

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money talks Texas: tech and entrepreneurship, affordable housing and zoning, and the long history of oil in the state.

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Axios Edge: Sovereign debt — Market volatility — Chinese IPOs

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Felix

Here’s to a great 2019 for all of us, including Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos, who will earn a base salary of $18 million next year.

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The Valley of Genius Edition

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on an oral history of Silicon Valley; from outrageous VC funding and juvenile bros to society-altering tech and billion-dollar business decisions.

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Axios Edge: Central bank insouciance — shutdown — buybacks

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Felix

We seem to have come to the end of one of the most astonishing bull runs in stock-market history, and there’s very little indication that Fed chair Jay Powell particularly cares.

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