The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy (Wildcat)
Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in world history. Its dominance has reshaped consumer expectations and the global economy itself: we live in the age of 'Amazon Capitalism'. 'One-click' instant consumerism and the immense variety of available products have made Amazon a worldwide household name, with over 60% of US households subscribing to Amazon Prime. In turn, these subscribers are thoroughly surveilled by the corporation as they turn over their private information to Amazon's databases. Going beyond e-commerce, Amazon is also one of the largest logistics companies in the world, changing the way goods are manufactured and distributed, resulting in weakened unions and lowered labor standards. More recently, Amazon has also become the world's largest provider of cloud-computing services and home surveillance systems, not to mention the ubiquitous Alexa. With a wide variety of cutting-edge analyses, this book looks at the many dark facets of the corporation, including automation, surveillance, tech work, workers' struggles, algorithmic challenges, the disruption of local democracy and much more. The Cost of Free Shipping shows how Amazon represents a fundamental shift in global capitalism that we should name, interrogate and be primed to resist.
yazar | Pluto Press |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 20 Eylül 2020 |
1 Ocak 2017 18,9 x 0,2 x 24,6 cm 30 Ekim 2011 Additional Contributors 15 x 0,5 x 22 cm ERWIN N GRISWOLD ROBERT H BORK 18,9 x 0,3 x 24,6 cm 18,9 x 0,4 x 24,6 cm 18,9 x 0,6 x 24,6 cm Mdpi AG WADE H MCCREE 29 Ekim 2011 18,9 x 0,5 x 24,6 cm 3 Ocak 2017 28 Şubat 2018 Kolektif 28 Ekim 2011
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yazar | Pluto Press |
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isbn 10 | 0745341470 |
isbn 13 | 978-0745341477 |
Yayımcı | Pluto Press |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy (Wildcat) | 20 Eylül 2020 |
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