Yesterday, we covered the Open App Markets Act — a bill in Congress that targets the anticompetitive practices in app stores. Today, we’ll cover its companion bill, the American Innovation and Online Choice Act (AIOCA, for short). We could also go into the specific metrics of what ...
Right-leaning commentators such as Connor Sen and Ben Winck are heralding the future of Amazon “company towns” as a way to lift the working class. Left-leaning commenters, particularly on social media, are raising the specter of 19th and 20th century coal towns (cue “Sixteen Tons” by ...
by Jay Ambrose Lots of people hate Jeff Bezos because, you know, he is the richest man in the world, but I love the guy because, to begin with, I am a bibliophile and he started this incredible online bookstore where you could buy just about any work you wanted pretty darned cheap. You ...
There’s a fine line between a public-private partnership and a government handout. A private-public partnership would be akin to the West Virginia Legislature approving $37 million in surplus state funds to assist in closing a deal for the Mylan plant in Morgantown — should such a deal ...
by Jay Ambrose Sitting far away in the White House, President Joe Biden recently cheered for a union to be formed at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. By a two-to-one vote, workers said no thanks, that they weren’t all that upset by this whiz of a company and would rather work out any ...
by Adam Stern In 2021, the pandemic-riddled Age of Online Shopping, with an Amazon delivery truck creeping down every street, lane and avenue in America, why do we need independent bookstores? If price and speed are all that matter, Amazon is the most efficient way to get books. ...