Is Amazon Good for Consumers? The FTC has its doubts.

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Mike talks with Adam Kovacevich, founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress and former head of Google’s US policy strategy and external affairs team about the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. Topics Mike and Adam Discuss Include: - FTC Chair Lina Khan’s views on Big Tech and antitrust - if Amazon is hurting consumers - how dominant Amazon is in retail - potential effects of FTC lawsuits against tech firms - if antitrust law needs to be updated for the 21st century Adam Kovacevich on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.3	love the government hug the government love the government of the government love the government
1:08.1	of the government of the politics guys placed for bipartisan, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
1:14.3	I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.
1:18.5	I'm an Amazon Prime member, which means I'm part of one of the least exclusive clubs in the world.
1:25.2	There are, I don't know, 200 million or so of us.
1:27.3	And, you know, I'm old know, 200 million or so of us. And, you know,
1:28.2	I'm old enough to remember what it was like shopping before Amazon, a ton of trips to Target
1:34.1	and Walgreens and a lot of other places. It was kind of a pain. And I also really appreciate
1:41.3	how much Amazon has saved me over the years.
1:45.3	A while ago, I bought this 60-pound dumbbell, and it was actually less expensive for Amazon
1:52.3	to deliver it to my door than it was for me to go out to Dick's sporting goods and buy
1:57.7	it, which blew my mind.
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