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Up the Amazon Without a Paddle

Released Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
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Up the Amazon Without a Paddle

Up the Amazon Without a Paddle

Up the Amazon Without a Paddle

Up the Amazon Without a Paddle

Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
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What started out as an online bookstore has wildly changed the way people get everything from toilet paper to cat toys. Amazon hasn’t just changed the way people shop, it’s changing the face of retail and labor in Minnesota and beyond. Is there a downside to being able to get 10,000 baby wipes delivered to your house in under an hour? We asked Olivia LaVecchia, a Research Associate at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and co-author of a report of Amazon’s effects on local communities and businesses. 

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