Who Wins and Loses in Amazon's America
Mina Kim talks with ProPublica journalist Alec MacGillis about his book on Amazon, “Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America."
April 9, 2021
55 min
Full
564 of 3,393
April 9, 2021
Who Wins and Loses in Amazon's America
0:00 / 55:46
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
America the Jesuit Review Episodes Around April 9, 2021
Episode 564 of 3,393 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
55:46This episodeWho Wins and Loses in Amazon's America
Summary
In his new book, “Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America,” journalist Alec MacGillis tracks how the labor and business practices of Amazon, the nation’s second-largest private employer, can damage communities and workers. MacGillis utilizes Amazon as an example of much broader problems in American society including income inequality, geographic wealth concentrations and consumer expectations for low prices. The book’s release comes ahead of a closely watched effort in Alabama to establish the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the United States. We talk with MacGillis about how Amazon reshapes — and exemplifies — America.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.