Jeff Bezos
“I Wanted to Call People’s Attention to the Extent of Amazon’s Takeover of Washington”
In an interview with ProMarket, author and ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis discusses the rise of Amazon and regional inequality, the role of politics in...
Top 10 Admissions from Tech CEOs Secured at the Antitrust Hearing
This week’s Congressional hearing produced evidence of anticompetitive conduct that state attorneys general and private enforcers can use to pursue the dominant platforms under...
What Congress Should Ask Big Tech CEOs
This week, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on digital platforms and market power, during which members will get to question...
Covid-19 and Amazon’s Future: a Webinar With Stacy Mitchell, Steven Kaplan, and Jacob Schlesinger
As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of Covid-19 with...
Zoom, Netflix, Slack: Amazon Is Behind All the Services We Use to Work From Home (and That’s a Problem)
The new normal for millions of people represents a near-total dependence on Amazon’s cloud-computing operation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and places a substantial portion...
What Is the Meaning of Wealth?
Who's richer, a person who enjoys the comfort of modern services and technologies, or the ancient kings of a millennia ago? Comparing wealth over...
How Amazon's Pricing Policies Squeeze Sellers and Result in Higher Prices for Consumers
Amazon's price matching policies, which were meant to ensure its dominant position, diminished the ability of brands to control how their products are distributed...
The News Media’s Business Model of Extortion
The Jeff Bezos vs. The National Enquirer scandal highlights the role that extortion may play in the business model of some news outlets.Â
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