Alec MacGillis

An award winning journalist s investigation into Amazon s true impact on inequality The market value of Amazon com has exceeded one trillion dollars In 2020 its annual revenue increased by over 100 billion dollars As the company insinuates itself ever further into our lives Alec MacGillis investigates how it is reshaping society With empathy and breadth he tells the stories of those who ve thrived and struggled in this rapidly changing environment and shows how Amazon has even become a force in Washington DC The result is an intimate account of contemporary capitalism its drive to innovate its dark pitiless magic and its remaking of our world with every click

On peut dire que le grand gagnant de la crise du coronavirus est Amazon. Tandis qu’à la mi-avril 2020, la pandémie approchait de son moment le plus critique, la valeur des actions de la firme augment

On peut dire que le grand gagnant de la crise du coronavirus est Amazon.Tandis qu’à la mi-avril 2020, la pandémie approchait de son moment le plus critique, la valeur des actions de la firme augmenta

On peut dire que le grand gagnant de la crise du coronavirus est Amazon.Tandis qu’à la mi-avril 2020, la pandémie approchait de son moment le plus critique, la valeur des actions de la firme augmenta

From a dogged political reporter, an investigation into the political education of Mitch McConnell and an argument that this powerful Senator embodies much of this countrys political dysfunction.Based on interviews with more than seventy-five people who have worked alongside Mitch McConnell or otherwise interacted with him over the course of his career, The Cynic, which will be published as an original ebook, is both a comprehensive biography of one of this countrys most powerful politicians and a damning diagnosis of this countrys eroding political will.Tracing his rise from a pragmatic local official in Kentucky to the leader of the Republican opposition in Washington, the book tracks McConnells transformation from a moderate Republican who supported abortion rights and public employee unions to the embodiment of partisan obstructionism and conservative orthodoxy on Capitol Hill. Driven less by a shift in ideological conviction than by a desire to win elections and stay in power at all costs, McConnells transformation exemplifies the permanent campaign mindset that has come to dominate American government. From his first race for local office in 1977when the ad crew working on it nicknamed McConnell love-me-love-me for his insecurity and desire to pleaseto his fraught accommodation of the Tea Party, McConnells political career is a story of ideological calcification and a vital mirror for understanding this countrys own political development and what is wrought when politicians serve not at the behest of country, but at the behest of party and personal aggrandizement.

Cómo Amazon configura hoy la vida política, económica e incluso geográfica de Estados Unidos. Y por qué Europa es la siguienteA la manera de los grandes reportajes literarios, MacGillis disecciona la implacable compañia creada por Bezos y ofrece un relato desasosegante del brutal impacto que esta tiene en la vida de los ciudadanos. A lo largo de su recorrido por Estados Unidos, el autor cuenta las historias de aquellos que luchan por sobrevivir a la sombra de Amazon y de como esta promueve las desigualdades, la gentrificacion y la precarizacion. El resultado es un relato intimo del capitalismo contemporaneo, de un tejido social que se deshilacha a cada clic y del futuro que nos aguarda a los europeos.

A la manera de los grandes reportajes literarios, MacGillis disecciona la implacable compañía creada por Bezos y ofrece un relato desasosegante del brutal impacto que esta tiene en la vida de los ciudadanos. A lo largo de su recorrido por Estados Unidos, el autor cuenta las historias de aquellos que luchan por sobrevivir a la sombra de Amazon y de como esta promueve las desigualdades, la gentrificacion y la precarizacion. El resultado es un relato intimo del capitalismo contemporaneo, de un tejido social que se deshilacha a cada clic y del futuro que nos aguarda a los europeos.