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What Next TBD: Is Amazon a Monopoly?

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English - September 29, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratings
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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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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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