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The Force Is With Janet Yellen Edition

Dec 19, 201541 min
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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 the Star Wars franchise

How the FED hiked interest rates for the first time in almost a decade

The future of junk bonds

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Twitter: @Felix salmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein

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