The Off the Books Edition

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, data scientist Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann welcome special guest Cardiff Garcia of the blog FT Alphaville to discuss the criminal guilt of the banks, the reality of the Cuban economy and the fight over the trade deal none of us can read. Slate Money is sponsored by Dropbox, trusted by people in over 4 million businesses worldwide to keep their files safe, synced, and easy to share with anyone. Try Dropbox for Business free for 14 days at dropbox.com/business And by Quickbooks. If you work for yourself, try QuickBooks Self-Employed. It helps separate your business and personal expenses, estimate your federal quarterly taxes and more. See what QuickBooks Self-Employed can do for you with a free thirty-day trial at tryselfemployed.com/money. And by Ziprecruiter. Find the perfect candidate easily by posting to more than 100 job boards at once. Try ZipRecruiter for free by going to ziprecruiter.com/slatemoney. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices