On this episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, discuss:
• The economics of the Star Wars franchise
• How the FED hiked interest rates for the first time in almost a decade
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Email: slatemoney@slate.com
Twitter: @Felix salmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann
Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein
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