How Amazon Reshaped America with Alec MacGillis

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and author of "Fulfillment", Alec MacGillis, joins Adam this week to discuss how Amazon’s unprecedented and wide-spread growth has reshaped our economy and society. They cover the economic changes that created a vacuum for Amazon to fill; how economic concentration hurts both "winners" and losers; the lack of community and dignity Amazon jobs create, and why Alec is still hopeful for change. Check out Alec MacGillis’ book FULFILLMENT: Winning & Losing in One-Click America wherever you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:04.0	I don't know the truth.
0:08.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, that got to go.
0:19.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:28.0	Hello everyone, welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover.
0:31.0	And let's talk about a company that I think you're familiar with.
0:35.0	You might order from it.
0:37.0	You might order from it every day.
0:38.0	You might order from it even though you don't want to,
0:41.0	but you feel like you have no choice.
0:43.0	And even if you do avoid it as best you can,
0:45.0	I would bet that you end up using this company's services
0:48.0	without even realizing it.
0:50.0	Of course, I am talking about Amazon.
0:53.0	But I think you might not realize just how huge of a footprint
0:57.0	Amazon actually has in America today.
1:01.0	Let's break it down a little bit.
1:03.0	What started as a gleam in the eye of a young Bezos
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