Why Gold? Why Not Argon? Everyone knows that gold is the backbone of global currency. But how did gold get chosen from among all the elements of the periodic table?

What Exactly is GDP? What exactly goes into GDP? NPR Planet Money's Adam Davidson tries to answer that question.

Banned Super Bowl Commercials As Super Bowl XLV approaches, Slate V looks at how and why advertisers manage to get their commercials banned and whether it's all worth it.

Up in Your Business: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Edition Iliza Vie Shlesinger conducts an interview with the one person who may have caused the entire economic collapse.

Up in Your Business: The Quantitative Easing Bears In this week's Up in Your Business, host Iliza Vie Shlesinger conducts an exclusive interview with the quantitative easing bears.

Up in Your Business: A Very Blingy Christmas Host Iliza Vie Shlesinger gives holiday shopping advice for the stinking rich. Personal submarines, hover scooters, and diamond bras abound.

The Export Revolution A panel of experts discuss the vital role that exports can play in restoring economic growth in the United States.

Up in Your Business: What a World Edition Host Iliza Vie Shlesinger reveals Web sites that spy on you, how hedge funders spend their off hours, and the new source of Evian water.

Up in Your Business: Knockout Edition Host Iliza Vie Shlesinger reports on bank employees benching their BlackBerrys, e-books vs. libraries, and notorious Ponzi schemers.

Up in Your Business: Your Bulging Portfolio In this week's Up in Your Business, guest host Hannah Utt doles out advice for the super rich in these difficult economic times.

How Exports Might Restore the U.S. Economy The success of a steel products manufacturer in Baltimore may offer some clues about how U.S. companies might compete globally.

Up in Your Business: Twitter Stock Picks In this week's Up in Your Business, host Iliza Vie Shlesinger laments the state of U.S. Internet speeds and more.

Mortgage Meltdown Meltdown! It's a foreclosure fiasco! Middle managers will be scolded, decision charts will be analyzed, and calls for help will not be heeded.

Up in Your Business: Fast Food Nation In this week's Up in Your Business, host Iliza Shlesinger plays Farmville, calls Mayor Bloomberg out, and makes a Calista Flockhart joke.

Up in Your Business: Funny Money In this week's Up in Your Business, host Iliza Vie Shlesinger discovers why the U.S. Treasury postponed its redesign of the $100 bill.

Up in Your Business: Hot Billionaires Edition Host Iliza Vie Shlesinger rates Gordon Gekko of Wall Street against Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg . Find out who's the hottest billionaire.

When Liquor Was Prescribed as Medicine Author Daniel Okrent describes how wealthy people managed to evade Prohibition in this episode of Slate V's Bookmark.

Hey Penny: Leave Your Sick Kids at Home! The Big Money's workplace advice columnist, Penny, counsels a man who can't stand when his coworkers brings her sick kids to work.