The Outrageous Edition

On this episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss the outrageously terrible, and good, news of the week. Topics discussed on today’s show include: How Turing pharmaceuticals gouged the price of the HIV drug Daraprim Volkswagen admits its cars fooled regulators, which may have caused deaths The beauty of Kickstarter's new business model Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Slate Money is brought to you by Ziprecruiter. With Ziprecruiter, you can post your job to over 100 job sites with a single click and an interface that's easy to use. Right now, you can try it for free! Go to ZipRecruiter.com/slatemoney. And by OPEN ACCOUNT, a podcast series created by SuChin Pak and Umpqua Bank. OPEN ACCOUNT explores, through honest and sometimes comical interviews, our uncomfortable silence around money.  OPEN ACCOUNT is available now on iTunes.  And by Braintree. If you’re working on a mobile app and searching for a simple payments solution, check out Braintree. With one simple integration, you can offer your customers every way to pay. Period. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to braintreepayments.com/slatemoney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices