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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Amazon a Monopoly?

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Amazon a Monopoly?

How the FTC’s case against the e-commerce giant could change everything about how you shop.

Slate Daily Feed · Slate

September 29, 202325m 53s

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Show Notes

Amazon evolved from a place to get cheap used books to the “everything store”—one encompassing warehouses, logistics and shipping. 


But with the FTC now run by Lina Khan—who wrote the essay ‘Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” while at Yale Law School—a new contender for “antitrust trial of the century” has begun. 


Guest: Leah Nylen, antitrust reporter for Bloomberg


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