The Weirdo Camp
Slate Money12 Juni 2021

The Weirdo Camp

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about the ProPublica report on the tax returns of US billionaires, how Uber prices are changing and what it means, and the consequences of Bitcoin becoming legal tender in El Salvador.


In the Plus segment: UI fraud.


Mentioned in the show:

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax” by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel for ProPublica


We Ran the Treasury Department. This Is How to Fix Tax Evasion.” by Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers for the New York Times


Farewell, Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy” by Kevin Roose for the New York Times

Cryptocurrency Comes to Retirement Plans as Coinbase Teams Up With 401(k) Provider” by Anne Tergesen for The Wall Street Journal

There’s a New Vision for Crypto, and It’s Wildly Different From Bitcoin” by Joe Weisenthal for Bloomberg

Half of the Pandemic's Unemployment Money May Have Been Stolen” by Felix Salmon for Axios


Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.


Twitter: @felixsalmon, @EmilyRPeck, @s_m_i

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