Slate Money: The Down to Earth Edition

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Wall Street Journal reporter and host of WSJ Heard on the Street Miriam Gottfried talks the highs and lows of this week’s business and finance news.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
The Wall Street Journal’s college rankings list
The state of Deutsche Bank’s financial health
Elon Musk’s mission to Mars
Also, here is the personality test Cathy mentioned: “The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction.”
Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann
Production by Veralyn Williams.
Slate Money is brought to you by Betterment, the largest independent automated investing service. Learn how you can get up to six months of NO FEES by going to Betterment.com/slatemoney. 
And by Blue Apron. Blue Apron’s meal kits are delivered right to your door, and make cooking at home easy. Get your first THREE meals FREE by going to BlueApron.com/money.
And by HP. Their Business line of products are travel tested and perfect for on-the-go or in the office. Go to hp.com/slate and enter code slate at checkout for 30 percent off select HP Business products.
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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Wall Street Journal reporter and host of WSJ Heard on the Street Miriam Gottfried talks the highs and lows of this week’s business and finance news.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

The Wall Street Journal’s college rankings list

The state of Deutsche Bank’s financial health

Elon Musk’s mission to Mars

Also, here is the personality test Cathy mentioned: “The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction.”

Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Production by Veralyn Williams.

Slate Money is brought to you by Betterment, the largest independent automated investing service. Learn how you can get up to six months of NO FEES by going to Betterment.com/slatemoney. 

And by Blue Apron. Blue Apron’s meal kits are delivered right to your door, and make cooking at home easy. Get your first THREE meals FREE by going to BlueApron.com/money.

And by HP. Their Business line of products are travel tested and perfect for on-the-go or in the office. Go to hp.com/slate and enter code slate at checkout for 30 percent off select HP Business products.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices