Did Y2K Finally Happen?
Slate Money
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4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week, as computers crash, computer makers are voting Trump. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the behind-the-scenes company behind the global tech shutdown, why Silicon Valley entrepreneurs like Trump and J.D. Vance, and why ESG has survived while DEI is in the dumps. For Slate Plus members: Why is the swimming pool market drying up?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello! |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Felix Ammon of Axios. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm here with Elizabeth Spires. |
| 0:20.8 | It's New York Times. |
| 0:21.8 | Hello. I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios. The Spires of New York Times. Hello? |
| 0:23.0 | I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello, hello? |
| 0:26.7 | We are going to talk about the massive cyber security shit that happened on Friday with Crowd Strike. |
| 0:35.0 | We are going to talk about Silicon Valley and how much it seems to be loving the |
| 0:41.9 | Trump advance ticket these days. We are going to talk |
| 0:46.3 | about the diverging fortunes of DEI and ES G rather than going in the same direction they seem to possibly |
| 0:55.6 | going in opposite directions these days. We are going to dive into the subject of |
| 1:01.1 | swimming pools in the slate players. |
| 1:03.6 | It's all coming up on slate money. |
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