Slate Money - The End of the World as We Know It Edition
Slate Money
Slate Podcasts
4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Slate Money, Muhamed El-Erian joins hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk about the future of central banks.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Our economy is at a T-junction- things are about to go very good, or very bad, depending on the decisions our government makes
.-Why central bankers, IMF types, and the like, often want to do things which go against the will of the people.
-What is the role of central banks?
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| 1:16.6 | Hello! And welcome to a super special, the end of the world as we know It, edition of Slate Money, your guide to the |
| 1:30.4 | Business and Finance News of the Week and a world which seems to be falling apart at the seams. |
| 1:38.4 | I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion. |
| 1:40.7 | I'm joined as ever by Kathy O'Neill, the blogger and data scientist and mathbabe.org |
| 1:47.3 | proprietor. Thank you. Hi. Hi, everyone. I gather. We have, as ever, Jordan Weissman, the Moneybox columnist at Slate. |
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