The Brain in a VAT Edition

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk sales taxes. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -Cathy battles the tampon tax. -Ted Cruz makes a proposal for a new kind of value-added tax. -Felix can't stand the way Americans keep the sales tax off the price tag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:55.0	joined by Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Wiseman.
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