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Aug 2021
51m 23s

Finance Blogger Reunion

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About this episode

This week, Felix Salmon and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by their fellow finance-blogging alum, Cardiff Garcia. Cardiff sheds some light on the current situation in Cuba, they discuss skewed incentives in investment banking, and the state of bookselling. 


In the Plus segment: The Fed chair decision.



Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.


Twitter: @felixsalmon, @s_m_i 

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