Slate Money2 Jan 2016

The Hogmanay Edition

On this episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss:

•The economics of partying on New Years Eve in Times Square

•The risky side of derivatives trading

•Warren Buffett and predatory lending

Read about the Gaussian copula function in Felix's piece for Wired.

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Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @Felix salmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein

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