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Fulfillment

By Alec MacGillis

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About Fulfillment

Alec MacGillis examines Amazon’s influence on prosperity and inequality across American communities. The book gives the globalization discussion a concrete domestic setting.

Read after Us vs. Them to compare broad arguments about globalism with reporting on regional economic change.

Why I include it

I include this book for its perspective on amazon, regional inequality, and economic power. Read after Us vs. Them to compare broad arguments about globalism with reporting on regional economic change.

Collection 02 · Related reading

Rise and Strain of Globalization

Read after Us vs. Them to compare broad arguments about globalism with reporting on regional economic change.

What to look for while reading

Follow the distribution of gains and costs across places and people. How does scale change bargaining power and local opportunity?

Perspective & context

I brought these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Rise and Strain of Globalization
  • Amazon, regional inequality, and economic power
  • Nonfiction

Praise & Reviews

“A grounded and expansive examination of the American economic divide”
— Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

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