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. 

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Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Production by Veralyn Williams.

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