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Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses

2024/12/25
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Michela: 本期节目主要讨论了美国医疗体系的失败、全球政治动荡以及车灯过亮的问题。 Felix Salmon: 人们对医疗保险公司普遍不满,这在UnitedHealthcare CEO被杀后在社交媒体上体现得淋漓尽致。 Emily Peck: 医疗保险公司并没有提高美国医疗系统的效率,反而增加了行政负担,其理赔方式也未必带来更好的健康结果。美国医疗系统的问题是系统性的,责怪保险公司并不能解决根本问题,政府政策才是关键。 Elizabeth Spiers: 美国医疗系统存在严重问题,导致愤怒、低效和残酷,这并非仅仅是保险公司的问题。美国人普遍对医疗保险公司有负面经历,这导致了对医疗保险行业的集体不满。 Felix Salmon: 韩国总统尹锡悦宣布戒严,但韩国议会迅速投票取消了戒严令,维护了民主制度。法国和德国都面临着政府功能失调的问题,这反映了全球民主制度面临的挑战。与过去几十年相比,全球民主世界正经历着越来越多的混乱和不可预测性。 Emily Peck: LED车灯比传统车灯更亮,导致夜间驾驶时视线受阻,影响驾驶安全。虽然更亮的汽车前灯可以提高驾驶员的视野,但其带来的眩光也降低了其他驾驶员的安全性,这种影响很难量化。 Elizabeth Spiers: 波士顿一家酒吧的顾客点购健力士啤酒的数量增长了63%,这与TikTok上流行的“劈开G”挑战有关。 Felix Salmon: 有11位亿万富翁被提名为特朗普政府的关键职位,他们的总净资产超过215亿美元。麦当劳的McRib汉堡酱汁价格高昂,且迅速售罄,这反映了其在消费者中的受欢迎程度。

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From Slate Money): South Korea and France are the latest governments to fall apart. Felix Salmon), Emily Peck), and Elizabeth Spiers) discuss the public conversation around the failures of the US healthcare system that was sparked by the shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Then, South Korea and France follow Germany in having a governmental meltdown. What’s going on with all of this political chaos? And finally, the hosts discuss a piece in The Ringer) about why headlights are just way too bright and what, if anything, is being done about it.

This episode originally aired on December 7th. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth.

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