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Trump has proposed a $5 million “gold card” for US citizenship, suggesting that the US could sell 10 million of them to pay off the national debt. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the logic behind this considering the similar programs that already exist and the possible pool of candidates. Then, they discuss guest Kyle Chayka’s recent piece in the New Yorker comparing Silicon Valley invasion of the government, led by Elon Musk, to the “techno-fasiscts” of 1930s Japan. And finally, the danger of black plastic kitchen utensils was debunked after the discovery of a simple math error. But the “zombie fact” is still affecting sales.
In the Slate Plus episode: The $19 Strawberry and Rise of Luxury Food
Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth.
Bonus Episode
Bonus: The $19 Strawberry and Rise of Luxury Food
Erewhon wants almost twenty dollars for one piece of fruit. New York bars have $34 shrimp cocktails. How much is too much?
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