{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ead68a32e86d775858194/695eadbb313b808065d2d16a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Brain in a VAT Edition","description":"<p>On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and <strong><em>Slate</em></strong>’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk sales taxes.</p><p>Topics discussed on today’s show include:</p><p>-<a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/new-lawsuit-challenges-new-york-state-tampon-tax-article-1.2551668?cid=bitly\">Cathy battles</a> the <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/upshot/the-latest-sales-tax-controversy-tampons.html\">tampon tax</a>.</p><p>-<a href=\"http://time.com/4227896/ted-cruz-taxes-vat-payroll-corporate-alternative-minimum-gift-estate/\">Ted Cruz makes a proposal for a new kind of value-added tax</a>.</p><p>-Felix can't stand the way Americans keep the sales tax off the price tag.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}