On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann get saucy.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-French hottie, and rogue trader, Jérôme Kerviel can do no wrong.

-Peruvians are pretty good at vulture funds.

-Scotland wants to make it a little harder for chavs to get their cheap booze.

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