Exploring Toy Revenue Booms and Philanthropic Shortfalls

This week: Crypto companies are being debanked but they’re not the only ones. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers break down the conspiracy theory that debanking is a government attack on crypto. Then, Netflix has pared down their extreme leave policy. What does that signal about the direction of the company? And Spotify is finally making a profit and is acting like it.  

In the Slate Plus episode: Crumbl and rise of meme foods. 

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