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Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Episode: Where Insider Trading Becomes Treason
Description: A flurry of activity in the oil-futures market, minutes before Donald Trump made a big announcement about not striking at Iranian infrastructure, has all the appearance of someone using classified national security information to turn a profit. Guest: Paul Krugman, Nobel-Prize winning economist and author of paulkrugman.substack.com.Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at sla...