The Consumption Smoothing Edition

Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and political risk consultant Anna Szymanski are joined by author Rachel Schneider to discuss: The Financial Diaries, by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider Affirm and financing consumer purchases Amazon’s new second headquarters In Slate Plus: Cross-currency basis swaps If you’d like to leave us a voicemail for our December call-in show, ring us at (347) 960-6314. Check out other Panoply podcasts at megaphone.fm. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Twitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @JHWeissmann Production by Daniel Schroeder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices