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Slate Money: Magic Tricks and Math

Slate Money: Magic Tricks and Math

Slate’s weekly business and finance podcast.
Aug. 30 2014 7:30 AM

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Slate Money on card tricks, tech valuations, and investing in professional athletes.

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On this week’s episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Mathbabe.org, and Slate's Jordan Weissmann discuss the dangers of math in the real world, Amazon’s purchase of Twitch, and why investing in professional athletes may not be a great idea.

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Cathy O'Neil is a former hedge fund quant and blogger at Mathbabe.org.

Felix Salmon is a journalist.

Jordan Weissmann is Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent.