Episode 119 — Amazon and Avocados

Ben and James discuss Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, when acquisitions make sense, and the potential future of antitrust law.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Amazon’s New Customer — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/amazons-new-customer)

• Ben Thompson: Acquisitions and Network Effects, Antitrust and Network Effects, The Saga of Whole Foods — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2017/acquisitions-and-network-…)

• Ben Thompson: The Amazon Tax — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/the-amazon-tax)

• Tom Foster: The Shelf Life of John Mackey — Texas Monthly (features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/shelf-life…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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