The Cost of Free Shipping : Amazon in the Global Economy
••Winner of the UALE Book Award 2021•• Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic. Its dominance has reshaped the global economy itself: we live in the age of'Amaz...
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Pluto Press
2020
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