On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and Paul Ford of Postlight discuss Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Why Microsoft wanted LinkedIn.

-The debt vs overseas cash question and the stock-based compensation question behind this deal.

-How the options-trading going on here raises doubt about insider trading.

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