Davos: What happens at the World Economic Forum, the European Central Bank tries quantitative easing, and the U.S. capital gains tax might go up.

Slate Money on Davos, the European Central Bank, and a Change to the U.S. Capital Gains Tax

Slate Money on Davos, the European Central Bank, and a Change to the U.S. Capital Gains Tax

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Jan. 24 2015 2:03 AM

The Davos Edition

Slate Money on what actually happens when you go to Davos, when the European Central Bank tries quantitative easing, and when the U.S. capital gains tax goes up.

Felix in Davos.
Felix in Davos, not participating in a song contest.

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Listen to Episode No. 37 of Slate Money:

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion travels to Davos, Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. He and special guest Jenny Anderson of the New York Times chat with co-hosts Cathy O’Neil of Mathbabe and Jordan Weissmann of Slate about this year’s Davos confab, quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, and the U.S. capital gains tax.

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Slate Money will appear every Saturday in the Slate Daily Podcast and its own feed.

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.