40 Min Released Dec 19, 2015

The Force Is With Janet Yellen Edition

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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