The Week of Minor Apocalypses
Slate Money7 Dec 2024

The Week of Minor Apocalypses

This week: South Korea and France are the latest governments to fall apart. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the public conversation around the failures of the US healthcare system that was sparked by the shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Then, South Korea and France follow Germany in having a governmental meltdown. What’s going on with all of this political chaos? And finally, the hosts discuss a piece in The Ringer about why headlights are just way too bright and what, if anything, is being done about it.


In the Slate Plus episode: The conclusion on Felix and Emily’s year long bet about ETFs and Bitcoin.


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