Slate Money - The "Smoking Up Behind the Bleachers" Edition
This year’s midterm elections produced big gains for Republicans – and pot smokers. On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate's Jordan Weissmann, and Cathy O'Neil of Mathbabe.org discuss the rise of legal weed, private funding for public schools, and Taylor Swift's breakup with Spotify. Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:Felix’s article on Taylor Swift yanking her entire catalog from SpotifyMore Slate takes: Chris Molanphy on “Why Taylor Swift Is the Super Bowl of Pop” and the Culture Gabfesters split bitterly…
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