The End of the World as We Know It Edition

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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