Review: Insightful Snippet Collection
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
The Amazon Economy is a collection of articles from Financial Times discussing the many aspects of Amazon.com, and how it affects the economy.Each article on its own is in insightful look at a slice of Amazon's influence on the world, ranging from it's margin-pinching, price cutting, inventory/warehouse prowess, Internet sales tax struggles, and increased infrastructure services plays in warehousing and cloudhosting for other companies.These are aspects that many people familiar with the company or business publications will already know, and the minimal access to the company keeps the articles at a surface level. However, they are brief, easy to read, and often contain some good quotes from the micro-level, such as bookstore owners, merchants using the services, etc.This is an easy read at a great price for someone not familiar with the broadreaching power of Amazon, but like a TV clip show or a greatest hits album, lacks much glue tying things together to find the big picture. Especially unnerving was the article discussing the future of Amazon, which completely punted the question "can Amazon continue growing at its phenomenal pace" to, basically, "only time will tell."