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The Consumption Smoothing Edition

Slate Money
Slate Money
Episode • Dec 2, 2017 • 54m

Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and political risk consultant Anna Szymanski are joined by author Rachel Schneider to discuss:

The Financial Diaries, by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider

Affirm and financing consumer purchases

Amazon’s new second headquarters

In Slate Plus: Cross-currency basis swaps

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Production by Daniel Schroeder

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