Slate Money: What the D.O.G.E?

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have a lot of “plans” for the D.O.G.E. Emily Peck, Elizabeth Spiers, and Anna Szymanski discuss the suspect promises of the Trump-appointed heads of the Department of Government Efficiency. Then, Bitcoin is at a record high right now, though the value of crypto remains uncertain. Also, AI clones are being used to apply to jobs and even find us dates, but are they doing it well? In the Slate Plus episode: New York City has passed a bill preventing landlords from charging tenants for broker’s fees. Finally! 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. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:15.9	I'm Emily Peck of Axios and I'm here with Elizabeth Spires of the New York Times.
0:20.6	Hey Elizabeth. Hello.
0:22.6	And in for Felix Salmon is the wonderful Anna Schumansky of Reuters. Hey Anna. Hello.
0:29.7	So today on the show, we bring you much wow. We are talking about Doge. That is the acronym for the Trump administration's new Department of Government Efficiency.
0:43.4	We will talk about that and we will talk about Doge, the cryptocurrency, as well, because we're also going to get into the comeback of crypto that's apparently underway.
0:53.8	What's driving Bitcoin to all-time highs.
0:56.2	And finally, we're going to talk about AI clones.
0:59.4	You can use them now for dating.
1:02.1	You can use them now to apply to jobs.
1:05.0	And we discuss, is this a good thing or a bad thing?
1:08.6	Also, we may reenact some dialogue from AI clone virtual dating texts.
1:14.6	So you want to stick around for that.
1:16.6	It's all coming up on Slate Money.
1:24.6	On June 25th, Ironheart arrives on Disney Plus.
1:28.3	What is going all with you?
1:30.1	From Marvel Television, an executive producer, Ryan Coogler.
1:33.1	I wanted to build something undeniable, but now I'm in trouble.
1:36.0	Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.
1:38.0	I joined a crew of criminals, and now I'm about to get killed by a Drenched Man in a Cake.
1:42.7	Be the first to experience the all-new series.
1:45.9	You've bitten off a hell of a lot more than you can chew.
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