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Is Amazon Good for Small Business?

Open to Debate

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Is Amazon a Monopoly?

i think we're confusing amazon the company with the process of dissemination of ofa disruptive, new technology. i think it's really important to go back again and learn from history. How does new technology spread growth? The railroad is a great example. When you have technologies like railroads, or like the internet, that lend themselves to being natural monopolies. That's exactly why they wanted to grow these businesses. They get big, they own the territory. Then they get too big in such a way that they are able to discriminate against customers and consumers alike. At that point, they become a detriment to both economic growth and society,. And regulators bring them to heel and turn them into

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