About this episode
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, are joined by Cezary Podkul of ProPublica to talk about his in-depth article on unemployment insurance fraud , Robinhood’s IPO and ambitions of being a “super app,” and everything that’s going on with private companies in China and the stock market in Hong Kong. In the Plus segment: Payment for order flow. Mentioned in the show: “ How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic ” by Cezary Podkul for ProPublica “ U.S. SEC says Chinese IPO hopefuls must provide additional risk disclosures ” by Echo Wang, Scott Murdoch, and Kane Wu for Reuters “ Hong Kong's Status as a Financial Center Seems Safe ” by Felix Salmon for Axios “ The Time Tax ” by Annie Lowrey for The Atlantic Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices