Showing posts with label Richard Russo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Russo. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Amazon, A Leviathan of the Contemporary Gilded Age

Amazon.com, the online retail behemoth managed by Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, is undermining our local communities in a fashion reminiscent of Standard Oil; which to some observers of the Gilded Age was the worst of the Gilded Age's corporate leviathans.