Kathryn Judge

Author of “Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source”

Author of “Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source”

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Amazon has taken bigger cuts of each transaction over the past seven years, and its artificially low prices contribute to inflation, says a Columbia law professor.

Tracking Amazon’s role in disconnection, inflation, supply chain clog

Amazon has taken bigger cuts of each transaction over the past seven years, and its artificially low prices contribute to inflation, says a Columbia law professor.

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