The Consumption Smoothing Edition
Dec 02, 2017•49 min
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Episode description
Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and political risk consultant Anna Szymanski are joined by author Rachel Schneider to discuss:
The Financial Diaries, by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider
Affirm and financing consumer purchases
Amazon’s new second headquarters
In Slate Plus: Cross-currency basis swaps
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