The Product Edition

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk the economics of 21st century products with Paul Ford (@ftrain), writer and co-founder of the digital product studio Postlight. We break down Google search, the iPhone, and Amazon Prime.  Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann Production by Veralyn Williams. Slate Money is brought to you by MeUndies. For comfortable underwear that makes a statement, go to MeUndies.com/money and you’ll get 20 percent off your first order. And by ZipReceuiter. Post your job to all the top job sites with a single click. Try it for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/money. And by Betterment, the largest independent automated investing service. Learn how you can get up to six months of NO FEES by going to Betterment.com/slatemoney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices