What Would Be the Consequences of Amazon Dominating Social Commerce?
Monopolization, data-privacy, and on-going labor concerns are all aspects of the issue that are seemingly flying under the radar.
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Prison Commerce Goes Digital
While most commerce within prisons revolves around food and hygiene products, a recent report found that digital sales are the "future of commissary."
Is Amazon’s HQ2 Bidding War Legal?
The special incentives that governments have offered companies like Amazon to move their operations into new states are controversial at best and illegal at worst.
Our Best Economics Stories of 2017
The most important reads from our coverage of black markets, tech surveillance, and more.
Viewfinder: A Market in Manila
A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.