Felix Salmon
@felixsalmon.com
Host, Slate Money. Author of THE PHOENIX ECONOMY.
Fun fact: Close-up magic has never been more popular than it is right now. Here’s why www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We’re Living in a Golden Age of Close-Up Magic
For our next trick, we explain why professional magicians are having a major moment.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Fun fact: Close-up magic has never been more popular than it is right now. Here’s why www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
As @emilypeck.bsky.social reminds me, I've been working on this piece for over 20 years. I like the way it came out! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In Defense of Fakes
We’re entering a world where copying isn’t only a compliment, it’s a form of creativity all on its own.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
As @emilypeck.bsky.social reminds me, I've been working on this piece for over 20 years. I like the way it came out! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gloriously concise and on-point summary from Walt and Kira. Really helps explain why people like @vandehei.bsky.social get so excited about Claude Code and why 99% of the rest of us do not. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Gloriously concise and on-point summary from Walt and Kira. Really helps explain why people like @vandehei.bsky.social get so excited about Claude Code and why 99% of the rest of us do not. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
I have to admit this chart surprises me, it's holdings of bitcoin ETFs in bitcoin. I would have expected the recent selling to show up here and it doesn't seem to have done so. dune.com/hildobby/btc...
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I have to admit this chart surprises me, it's holdings of bitcoin ETFs in bitcoin. I would have expected the recent selling to show up here and it doesn't seem to have done so. dune.com/hildobby/btc...
Hive mind: Is the Washington Post in a better or a worse position today than in the alternative universe where the Grahams never sold it?
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Hive mind: Is the Washington Post in a better or a worse position today than in the alternative universe where the Grahams never sold it?
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Amazingly, seems that Epstein traded sovereign CDS from his gmail account.
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Amazingly, seems that Epstein traded sovereign CDS from his gmail account.
These extra 10% tariffs re Greenland are exactly the kind of tariffs SCOTUS is going to find illegal on Wednesday, right?
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
These extra 10% tariffs re Greenland are exactly the kind of tariffs SCOTUS is going to find illegal on Wednesday, right?
Please don’t put PAST DUE in red all caps on the very first invoice you send me
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Please don’t put PAST DUE in red all caps on the very first invoice you send me
I’m a watch journalist now! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why This $170,000 F.P. Journe Is the Watch of the Century
Chronomètre à Résonance is an exquisite timepiece that stacks up there with the best conceptual art
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January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I’m a watch journalist now! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If you can’t understand the sentence “Although statistical evidence suggests otherwise, these unfortunate events are happening more often” then you can’t understand today’s politics. (I am definitely in the “this breaks my brain so don’t look to me” camp.)
“Although statistical evidence suggests otherwise, these unfortunate events are happening more often,” is truly one of the funniest things to come from the slug colony in this man’s head.
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
If you can’t understand the sentence “Although statistical evidence suggests otherwise, these unfortunate events are happening more often” then you can’t understand today’s politics. (I am definitely in the “this breaks my brain so don’t look to me” camp.)
I am begging @hellgatenyc.com to allow subscribers to sign in with a username and password. No one wants to wait 12 minutes for a code to arrive via email.
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I am begging @hellgatenyc.com to allow subscribers to sign in with a username and password. No one wants to wait 12 minutes for a code to arrive via email.
Wherein I attempt to kickstart a new column called Relative Value Trade: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These Rolexes Look Identical. Why Is the Gold One $17,000 Cheaper?
Both watches are an investment, but one trades at a much higher premium to fundamentals.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Wherein I attempt to kickstart a new column called Relative Value Trade: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What’s the German word meaning “the choice-regret one feels after breezing through a bunch of easy 5-point questions in Bloomberg’s Pointed quiz, knowing that the 30-pointers are going to be much more difficult”?
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
What’s the German word meaning “the choice-regret one feels after breezing through a bunch of easy 5-point questions in Bloomberg’s Pointed quiz, knowing that the 30-pointers are going to be much more difficult”?
What I really want is for the iOS weather app to show me the temperature in Celsius below 10 degrees C, and then in Fahrenheit above 50 degrees F
December 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
What I really want is for the iOS weather app to show me the temperature in Celsius below 10 degrees C, and then in Fahrenheit above 50 degrees F
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Got to go on Slate Money Talks with @felixsalmon.com to talk about my @planetmoney.bsky.social GiveWell episode and ALIMA and the post-USAID world slate.com/podcasts/sla...
Money Talks: Saving Lives Without USAID
Mary Childs learned about how places like ALIMA and Givewell are moving forward now that USAID is done.
slate.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Got to go on Slate Money Talks with @felixsalmon.com to talk about my @planetmoney.bsky.social GiveWell episode and ALIMA and the post-USAID world slate.com/podcasts/sla...
As @matt-levine.bsky.social heads off on a well-earned break I just want to point out the degree to which he’s changed the world.
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As @matt-levine.bsky.social heads off on a well-earned break I just want to point out the degree to which he’s changed the world.
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
Which bank is this
December 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Which bank is this
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
Wait did the MTA kill the Bowery J/Z station? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wait did the MTA kill the Bowery J/Z station? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A 1,500-word article on the Theremin, mentioning Karen O, Aldous Harding, Erykah Badu, Radiohead, and Brian Eno, but that somehow fails to mention Olivier Messiaen: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...
The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A 1,500-word article on the Theremin, mentioning Karen O, Aldous Harding, Erykah Badu, Radiohead, and Brian Eno, but that somehow fails to mention Olivier Messiaen: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...
I understand the logic here BUT am psychologically incapable of following it. It’s why I always book an aisle seat, I NEED to pop up into the aisle as soon as the light goes off, no matter how far back I’m sitting. Someone explain this to me!
The Pope: don’t even think about getting up and crowding the aisle until your row is up. I love this guy.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I understand the logic here BUT am psychologically incapable of following it. It’s why I always book an aisle seat, I NEED to pop up into the aisle as soon as the light goes off, no matter how far back I’m sitting. Someone explain this to me!