The Onanism Edition

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4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of the upcoming, Weapons of Math Destruction, and Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, discuss hedge funds, declining US productivity, and technological innovations for vaginas. Topics discussed on today’s show include:Why are hedge fund returns stagnating?Why has US productivity declined for the last three quarters?New innovations in vagina technology. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @jbarro Production by Zachary Dinerstien Slate Money is brought to you by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by going to Casper.com/slatemoney and using the promo code slatemoney. And by Audible. Explore Audible’s unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows, news, comedy, and more. Get a free audiobook with a 30 day trial at Audible.com/money. And by SeatGeek. Get the best deal on tickets to your favorite sporting or music events. Download the SeatGeek app and use promo code money for a $20 rebate on your first ticket purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:33.3	Hello and welcome to the oneness of
0:39.3	and welcome to the ononism edition of Slate Money,
0:45.0	your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week.
0:49.0	We have a
0:52.7	narcissistic and masteratory set of topics today and amazingly they don't involve
1:00.0	media people talking about the media.
1:01.8	So you have that to look forward to an entire show of no
1:05.1	one talking about the media. I am Felix Salmon of Fusion. I am joined as always by Kathy O'Neill the author of Weapons of Math Destruction
1:16.0	available in all good bookstores soon.
1:18.8	Hello Felix.
1:19.8	Hello Kathy and Jordan Wiseman being on holiday and escaping the swamp that is New York City
1:27.7	has been replaced by someone much better. Hello, say hi. Hi Felix.
1:33.0	This is Josh Barrow.
1:35.0	This is the Josh Barrow.
1:36.0	He is a senior editor at Business Insider and generally just a person on the internet who says clever things. I like that I'm going to go with
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