On this edition of Your Call, we continue our discussion about Amazon’s empire. Global sales were nearly $150 billion in the first quarter of this year and 50 to 70 percent of online retail sales are made through Amazon.
The company owns 110 warehouses and employs over a million people. Amazon workers are seriously injured at more than twice the rate of other warehouses, according to a new report from the Strategic Organizing Center.
We’ll also discuss Amazon's environmental impact, the rise of its web services, and its new AI platform.
Guests:
Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance
Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director at the Open Markets Institute
Web Resources:
The New Republic: The Shadow Empire That Fuels Amazon’s Dominance
Politico: Washington prepares for war with Amazon
Insider: Amazon announces 'Bedrock' AI platform to take on OpenAI
The Guardian: ‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions
Institute for Local Self Reliance: How Amazon Exploits and Undermines Small Businesses, and Why Breaking It Up Would Revive American Entrepreneurship
Institute for Local Self Reliance: Tax Dodging Is a Monopoly Tactic: How Our Tax Code Undermines Small Business and Fuels Corporate Concentration
