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A review by philsimon
Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It by Brian Dumaine
4.0
A nice complement to Brad Stone's seminal book The Everything Store. His book is well researched, to be sure.
A few times Dumaine gets sidetracked. For example, universal basic income is an important concept but doesn't really fit under his Bezonomics umbrella. Sure, it's a side effect of larger economic trends, but so are many things. Also, his constant mentioning of the AI flywheel gets a tad old about halfway through the book.
Apart from a few minor criticisms, though, I enjoyed it.
A few times Dumaine gets sidetracked. For example, universal basic income is an important concept but doesn't really fit under his Bezonomics umbrella. Sure, it's a side effect of larger economic trends, but so are many things. Also, his constant mentioning of the AI flywheel gets a tad old about halfway through the book.
Apart from a few minor criticisms, though, I enjoyed it.