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How to Fight Amazon (Before You Turn 29)
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How to Fight Amazon (Before You Turn 29)

Lina Khan Has a Novel Theory About Monopolies – and Her Sights Are Set Squarely on the Company.

Robinson Meyer
The Atlantic, 2018
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Companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google have acquired an unprecedented amount of influence over people’s lives, and inevitably, there is pushback. In the United States, 29-year old legal scholar Lina Khan has become the face of a new movement that attributes the companies’ unfettered expansion to outdated antitrust legislation. Writing for The Atlantic, Robinson Meyer offers a lively portrait of Khan’s budding legal career and activism. To find out why Khan believes Amazon hurts consumers despite offering low prices, read Meyer’s insightful analysis.

Take-Aways

  • Amazon has acquired monopoly-like market power, pocketing 44% of US online sales and disrupting entire business sectors.
  • Under current US antitrust legislation, Amazon’s business practices are lawful because they haven’t led to higher consumer prices. 
  • Legal scholar Lina Khan finds that Amazon harms consumers in ways unrelated to individual price tags. 

About the Author

Robinson Meyer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he specializes in climate change and technology.

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