Is Amazon Bad for America?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

Journalism, New York Times, Ross Douthat, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

After Amazon announced its uninspired new headquarters locations, the columnists are surprised to find they agree on the danger of the website's monopoly, for different reasons. David Leonhardt is baited into playing the "neo-liberal shill." Ross Douthat debates pro-Trump writer Daniel McCarthy over whether the president is actually good for the Republican party. And Michelle Goldberg suggests you soothe your political anxieties with CBD gummies. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.2	I'm Ross Douthit.
0:02.3	I'm David Lee and Hart.
0:03.6	And this is the argument.
0:06.4	Today is Amazon bad for America.
0:10.0	We talk through one topic that the political left and right
0:13.5	might actually agree on.
0:15.7	And then we move the argument a little to the right.
0:19.4	Ross interviews a pro-Trump conservative
0:22.1	about whether Donald Trump has been good
0:24.8	for the Republican Party.
0:26.5	I mean, you would agree that he plays on bigotry, right?
0:29.6	And finally, a recommendation.
0:32.4	What I really am after in middle age is the feeling
0:36.5	you've gotten like hours after you've smoked pop.
0:52.5	Amazon has just spent more than a year
0:54.8	conducting a very public competition to select
0:57.8	a second headquarters city to go along with Seattle.
1:01.2	An Amazon expected to announce its new headquarters
1:04.0	as soon as today.
1:05.0	Cities across North America race to see
1:07.6	who could come up with the most enticing offer.
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