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The Bitcoin Simulation

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Anna Szymanski talk about Tesla’s $1.5 million Bitcoin investment, the recent growth of fast fashion and Bumble’s IPO.
 In the Slate Plus segment: Birkinstocks. (Not to be confused with Birkenstocks.)  
‘Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World’ by Rachel Monroe for the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/ultra-fast-fashion-is-eating-the-world/617794/ 

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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