The Lemons Edition

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this week’s episode of Slate Money host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann take on lemons of all stripes. Topics include: The horrifically rising costs of higher education. What the drought, and water pricing, means for California fruit and vegetable farmers. And letters from our listeners. This week’s episode was sponsored by DropBox for business, It’s the same easy Dropbox experience your employees already love. And also by Automatic, a connected car adapter that pairs your car to your smartphone that helps you diagnose engine problems, drive more efficiently, remember where you parked, and more. To get $20 off Automatic's price of $99.95 visit automatic.com/money. Love Slate podcasts? Listen longer with Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, ad-free versions, exclusive podcasts and more. Start your 2-week free trial at slate.com/podcastplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Revolute. Revolute is your perfect travel
0:04.6	companion for all things money. You can spend in over 150 currencies with great
0:09.6	exchange rates and withdraw from ATMs all over the world with no charges from
0:14.3	Revolute within your plan allowance. Sign up to Revolute at Revolute.com
0:18.3	slash podcast reward and receive 20 pounds when you make your first purchase with Revolute.
0:23.6	Until 18-plus, T's and C supply, exchange fees and fair usage limits supply.
0:29.2	The There's digging and then there's super digging. There's food Super Foods made with selected natural ingredients and tasty chicken.
0:45.8	The food and then there's Baker's Super Foods.
0:49.8	Slate Money is sponsored by Dropbox.
0:53.0	Trusted by people in over 4 million businesses worldwide to keep their files safe,
0:58.0	synced, and easy to share with anyone.
1:00.0	Try Dropbox for business free for 14 days at Dropbox.com
1:05.0	slash business.
1:06.0	And buy Automatic, the connected car adapter that pairs your car to your
1:10.0	smartphone. Diagnose engine problems. Drive more efficiently, remember where you parked,
1:15.1	and call for help after an accident.
1:17.0	Save 20% with free shipping and a 45-day return policy when you go to automatic.com
1:22.3	slash money.
1:28.0	Hello and welcome to the lemons edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week.
1:37.0	I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion, and I'm joined as always by Kathy O'Neill, the data scientist and blogger at math babe.org.
1:45.8	Hi Felix.
1:46.4	Hi, Kathy and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.