Slate Money on college costs, the California drought, and listener letters.

Why the Alfalfa’s Going Sour

Why the Alfalfa’s Going Sour

Slate’s weekly business and finance podcast.
April 11 2015 2:00 AM

The Lemons Edition

Slate Money on why college is so expensive, the economics of the California drought, and letters from listeners.

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Listen to Episode No. 48 of Slate Money:

On this week’s episode of Slate Money host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann take on lemons of all stripes. Topics include:

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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.