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Apr 2022
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Slate Money: Yachts Are Overrated

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This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Slate Pay Dirt columnist, Elizabeth Spiers. They talk about how women (mostly college educated) might be doing okay in the workforce, and what happened when Barclays didn’t check the right box and Axie Infinity didn’t notice it didn’t have an SEC shelf registration. 


In the Plus segment: The inflation and war nexus with gas prices.


Mentioned In the Show: 

Young women earn more than men in 16 U.S. cities” by Emily Peck 

Research: College-educated women did not leave labor force during pandemic” by Emily Peck 

Understanding the economic impact of COVID-19 on women” by Claudia Goldin

Mississippi passes equal pay law with loopholes” by Emily Peck 

Credit Suisse faces US probe after telling investors to ‘destroy documents’ linked to oligarch yacht loans” by Matt Egan


Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

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