Amazon has sparked their sim-planet. It’s called Prime. It will increasingly control the information you receive (see my post on Amazon Bookstores) and, through that, control what you buy, who [ … ]

for the full posts and archives Those who have pushed the risk down the wealth-power pyramid are confident the Federal Reserve will continue to limit the risks of speculative financialization. [ … ]

It’s time to move on – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky after Republicans failed to pass even a stripped down Obamacare repeal bill The Republicans’ seven-year promise to repeal [ … ]

August 1, 2017 The availability of jobs that employ mostly men versus women has changed dramatically between 2005 and 2014 depending on how much education is required. When jobs are [ … ]

Amazon’s net unearned revenue was negative for the first time since Q4 2013. What caused the negative net unearned revenue was the drastic slowdown in additions to unearned revenue growth. [ … ]

$15 minimum wage in a city like Seattle was unlikely to ever be disastrous. The city is so expensive that wages are generally much higher than they are in other [ … ]

“Navy building autonomous sub-hunting submarine””Robots deliver food to your door””China’s use of robots set to surge””Amazon uses 30,000 robots in warehouses””AMBER lab robot jogs like human””Japanese farming robots” “Burger-flipping robot””China’s [ … ]

Amazon has announced its plans to acquire Whole Foods for 14 billion dollars “Amazon has no plans to use the technology it developed for Amazon Go to automate the jobs [ … ]

Amazon is relentless. That is admirable, until it’s not. A bridge gets crossed and the relentless troops storm the other side, which, as it happens, we are all on. Beware [ … ]

Amazon has a market capitalization of, give or take a few billion amongst friends, $480 billion… It has current profits of roughly $2.6 billion… It has a price-to-earnings ratio of [ … ]