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Bezos Steps Down as Amazon’s CEO and Raising the Minimum Wage

Feb 10, 2021

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The Minimum Wage Debate Is Standing in for a Broader Debate

02:30

The Second Order Effects of a Wage Subsidy

03:00

The Local Wage Debate - Is That Too High?

02:11

Introduction

2min

The One Word Is Brilliant and Complicated

3min

What's the Difference Between Amazon and Amazon?

3min

Amazon Is Putting the Customer First, Not the Suppliers

2min

Can Capitalism Rebalance Itself?

3min

What Will They Do With Whole Foods?

2min

Is There a Minimum Wage?

4min

Is There a Relationship Between Minimum Wage and Employment?

2min

The Local Wage Debate - Is That Too High?

2min

10.

The Second Order Effects of a Wage Subsidy

3min

11.

The Minimum Wage Debate Is Standing in for a Broader Debate

3min

12.

All We Can Save by Ana Johnson and Katherine Wilkinson

2min

13.

Florence and the Machine - Covers of Postcards From Italy

4min

What are Jeff Bezos’s most significant accomplishments at Amazon? What’s troubling about the business that he built? Rebecca , Rawi , and Felix look back at Jeff Bezos’s career.

They also discuss the proposal to increase the federal minimum wage in the U.S. to $15. Would we really see more unemployment?

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

“All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis” (Ayana Elizabeth Johnson)
“The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” (Brad Stone)
“Postcards From Italy” cover (Florence & The Machine)

Visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. Email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. Follow Youngme, Mihir, Rebecca, and Rawi on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon, @DesaiMihirA, @RebeccaReCap, and @RawiAbdelal.

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After Hours

Bezos Steps Down as Amazon’s CEO and Raising the Minimum Wage

The Minimum Wage Debate Is Standing in for a Broader Debate

The Second Order Effects of a Wage Subsidy

The Local Wage Debate - Is That Too High?

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