The Live Long and Prosper Edition

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Slate Money, author of the upcoming book Trekonomics, Manu Saadia, joins host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann to discuss: •How the universe of Star Trek functions without money? •If we can we ever reach a post-scarcity society? •Just what Google is up to with their new umbrella company Alphabet? Slate Money is sponsored by Volvo. Experience the Wonder of Summer. Have a month's payment on Volvo and spend your summer doing the things that matter to you. Plus, get up to five years full coverage, including wear and tear. Go to volvocars.com/us. And by Zip Recruiter. With Zip Recruiter you can post your job to over 100 job sites with a single click, and an interface that's easy to use. Right now, you can try Zip Recruiter for free. Go to ziprecruter.com/slatemoney. And by Credit Karma. Don't pay for your credit score. With Credit Karma, you can see your credit score right now absolutely free. Just text the word M-O-N-E-Y to 89800 to download the free Credit Karma app and get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	Slate Money is sponsored by Volvo. Experience the wonder of summer,
0:34.0	have a month's payment on Volvo
0:36.0	and spend your summer doing the things that matter to you.
0:38.0	Plus, get up to five years full coverage,
0:41.0	including wear and tear.
0:42.0	Go to Volvo Cars.com.
0:44.0	And by Zip Recruiter.
0:47.0	With Zip Recruiter you can post your job to over 100 job sites
0:51.0	with a single click and an interface that's easy to use.
0:54.8	Right now you can try zip recruiter for free.
0:57.1	Go to zip recruiter.com slash slate money.
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