In a ProMarket piece, ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman explains that, despite rising worker tensions and supply chain disruptions, Amazon is poised to emerge from this crisis stronger than ever.
In the last two weeks, it became apparent that Amazon is seizing the moment by leveraging its position as intermediary between quarantined consumers and distressed merchants to bolster its grip over the retail sector. Enforcement agencies and lawmakers should step up and scrutinize Amazon’s activities at this critical moment. If they fail to do so, Amazon’s power over our economy would dwarf the power it possessed prior to this pandemic.
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