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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week: The US Stock Market is plummeting during Trump’s second term. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain why headlines very rarely affect the movements of the Stock Market–and discuss whether we're currently living one of those exceptions. Then, the Wall Street Journal has reported that the Trump family is in talks to invest in the US arm of crypto giant Binance. If true, the move would almost certainly be an attempt to buy a pardon for billionaire founder CZ, who pled guilty to violating U.S. anti-money-laundering requirements under Biden. And finally, Youtube megastar MrBeast, made popular among the Gen Alpha set for giving away fabulous prizes, is turning his fame into fortune via his candybars. Are they any good? Elizabeth will decide! In the Slate Plus episode: How many days a year should we all really spend at work? Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:18.4	I'm Felix Salmon of Axios.
0:20.1	I'm here with Elizabeth Spires of the New York
0:22.5	Times and Humplemoose, something like that. Passion fruit. All manner of places. We'll talk about that
0:29.7	later. We are joined also, of course, by Emily Peck of Axios. Hello, hello. And we're going to
0:36.6	talk about the stock market. It is down. And we're going to talk about the stock market.
0:38.3	It is down and we're going to talk about whether that matters.
0:42.3	We're going to talk about finance and whether it's going to ever become an American company
0:47.3	and if not does that matter?
0:49.3	We are going to talk about Mr. Beast and his chocolate bar.
0:57.8	Elizabeth Spires is going to eat one of his chocolate bars.
1:05.0	We have a Slate Clust segment on Banner White and the optimal number of days to work per year.
1:14.6	It's all coming up on Slate Money. Today's episode of Slate Money is sponsored by NerdWallet's Smart Money podcast.
1:22.0	Life comes with big money questions, like,
1:25.6	are Target Date funds a smart or lazy way to invest? Yes, both. Should you
1:31.1	pay off debt or invest extra cash? Can you deduct your dog as a home security system on your taxes?
1:37.5	Well, nerd wallets, smart money podcast has the answers. Their finance journalists break down investing strategies, tax planning,
1:46.3	and smart ways to build wealth and navigate big financial decisions. Work smarter, not harder,
1:52.5	on your finances this year. Follow NerdWallet's Smart Money podcast wherever you listen.
1:58.0	And stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear the Smart Money trailer.
2:06.7	This March streamed Sky Sports Big Weekend on now.
2:10.5	F1 roars back to life with Hamilton's first race in red.
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