The Vergecast

How Amazon's dominance is more visible during a pandemic

Apr 28, 2020

58:34

Episode guests

Stacy Mitchell

Highlights

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Episode notes

Is There a Way Forward to Addressing the Issues That Workers Are Raising?

02:24

Is Amazon More Aggressive Than It Used to Be?

02:56

I'd Pick Jeff Basos, Right?

02:27

Introduction

2min

Stacy Mitchell on the Verge Cast

2min

Is Amazon's Centrality Changing Your Perception of Amazon?

2min

I'm a Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance

2min

Is Amazon Market Place the Heart of the Problem?

3min

Is Amazon More Aggressive Than It Used to Be?

3min

Is Amazon a Better Infa Structure Operator?

3min

Is There a Danger With Amazon Head On?

3min

Why Do Consumers Keep Choosing Amazon?

2min

10.

How Do You Feel About Amazon?

2min

11.

I'd Pick Jeff Basos, Right?

2min

12.

Is the Pandemic Reaching an Inflection Point?

3min

13.

The Tack Giants Are Going to Come Out of This More Powerful Than Before

2min

14.

Is It a Partisan Energy, or Is It Coming to Something Tangible?

4min

15.

Is Amazon More Complicated Than Railroads?

2min

16.

Is Amazon a Consumer Facing Company?

3min

17.

Click Up - Get Your Hours Back and Your Work on Track

2min

18.

Is the Worker Issue Growing for You?

3min

19.

Is the Unionization of Amazon a Good Idea?

2min

20.

Is There a Way Forward to Addressing the Issues That Workers Are Raising?

2min

21.

The Rise of Corporate Power and Uniization

4min

22.

Amazon Is Not Just a Lobbyist, It's an Underdog

2min

23.

I Don't Think That's an Accurate Assessment of What's Going on at the Moment.

2min

Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel interviews co-director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance Stacy Mitchell about her critique of Amazon's power in America's marketplace.

As Amazon becomes more essential infrastructure during the coronavirus pandemic, Nilay and Stacy discuss the increased visibility of Amazon's monopoly power and the way it treats its workers.

Is it possible to regulate a company that people use and love so much?

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The Vergecast

How Amazon's dominance is more visible during a pandemic

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Is There a Way Forward to Addressing the Issues That Workers Are Raising?

Is Amazon More Aggressive Than It Used to Be?

I'd Pick Jeff Basos, Right?

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