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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 partying on New Year’s Eve in Times Square
- The risky side of derivatives trading
- Warren Buffett and predatory lending
Read about the Gaussian copula function in Felix’s piece for Wired.
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Email: slatemoney@slate.com
Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann
Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein.