The Blah Blah Blahs Matter Edition

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🗓️ 26 January 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this week’s episode, Anna, Emily, and Felix discuss AOC’s tax ideas at Davos, currency colonization, and Microsoft and housing. Note to listeners: this episode was recorded in the late morning, a few hours before the government shutdown ended. In the Slate Plus segment: a continuation of the discussion on millennial burnout and how technology plays a role. [ul]CNBC: The Super Rich at Davos Are Scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal to Hike Taxes on the WealthyNTK Network: Davos Panel Laughs at Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax Rate ProposalThe Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren to Propose New ‘Wealth Tax’ on Very Rich Americans, Economist SaysThe New York Times: The African Currency at the Center of a European DisputeBBC: France Summons Italian Envoy Over Africa RemarksThe New York Times: Microsoft Cannot Fix Seattle’s Housing Crisis[/ul] Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck Podcast production by Max Jacobs. This episode is brought to you by the following advertisers: Blinkist. Start your free trial today at blinkist.com/money. Transferwise. Check them out today at transferwise.com/money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello!
0:13.0	Welcome to the Blah Blah Blas Matter edition of Slate Money,
0:19.0	your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week,
0:22.0	which was the Week of Davos.
0:24.7	I'm Felix Hammond of Axios I'm joined by Emily Peck of the Huffington Post
0:29.5	Hello!
0:30.5	And also by Anna Shimanski.
0:31.8	Hello. And yeah, we're going to have fun today.
0:34.4	We're going to have a contentious discussion about billionaires,
0:39.1	whether they're good or whether they're bad.
0:41.2	We're going to talk about France and its colonial currency ways.
0:47.0	We're going to talk about Microsoft and its paternalist attempts
0:50.9	to construct affordable housing in Seattle.
0:55.0	We're going to talk about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
0:59.0	We're going to talk about Emmanuel Saez.
1:01.0	We're going to talk about Elizabeth Warren. We're going to talk about about
1:03.3	Emanual Saez, we're going to talk about Elizabeth Warren, we're going to talk about wealth taxes,
1:06.5	we're going to talk about why are there two different CFA
1:11.2	Franks which are worth exactly the same amount of money.
1:13.7	If you do know that, please let us know on slatemoney at slate.com because none of us have been able
1:18.7	to work that one out.
1:20.2	It's going to be a ripraroorer of an episode, so stay tuned for all of this on Slate Money.
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