Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and political risk consultant Anna Szymanski discuss:

The sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi

Replacing Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The political upheaval in Zimbabwe

In Slate Plus: We answer a few children’s economic questions for the podcast But Why.

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Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @JHWeissmann

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