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Slate Money

Slate Money - The World-Changing Edition

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann are joined by Surprisingly Awesome’s  Adam Davidson to discuss:

- The Big Short, a movie following the financial crisis of 2007. (Adam Davidson also worked as a key consultant on the film.)

- Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he'll donate much of his wealth to charity.

- Your emails regarding last week's McDonald's debate. 

Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @Felix salmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein

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0:00.0

Slate Money is brought to you by Braintree. Looking to set up payments for your business,

0:04.0

Braintree gives your app or website a payment solution that accepts just about every payment method with one simple integration.

0:11.0

Plus, we'll give you your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. To learn more, visit Braintreepayments.com slash Slate Money.

0:19.4

And buy Credit Karma. Don't pay for your credit score. With

0:22.9

credit karma, you can see your credit score right now absolutely free. Just text money to 89800 to

0:29.3

download the free credit karma app and get started. Again, text the word money to 89800. And by

0:36.7

bolinbranch.com,

0:38.2

the company that makes luxury betting affordable.

0:40.8

Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and boutiques are charging. Order right now, and they'll give you $50 off a set of sheets plus free shipping. Go to bolandbranch.com, that's B-O-L-L-L-A-N-D-B-R-A-N-C-H.com and use the promo code, money.

1:00.1

I'm Gretchen Rubin. And I'm Elizabeth Kraft, her sister and happiness guinea pig.

1:04.8

Every week on our podcast, we talk about a try-this-at-home tip for making your life happier.

1:09.9

Which try-this-at at home tip do you think

1:11.5

listeners have most responded to? Without question, the one minute rule. Oh, the rule that anything

1:17.0

that you can do in less than a minute you do without delay. Yes, put a dish in a dishwasher,

1:22.0

hang up a coat, whatever I have to say, this has improved my marriage because my husband is neat

1:27.0

and I am not. And this is a good example because my husband is neat and I am not.

1:27.9

And this is a good example of that happiness can feel very transcendent and abstract,

1:31.6

but sometimes it's the little practical things that give us the biggest happiness boost.

1:35.7

Search for happier wherever you find your podcast.

1:40.6

The following podcast contains explicit language.

1:49.0

Hello, and welcome to the world-changing edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and finance news of the week.

2:03.4

I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion.

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