The Trump administration recently declared its interest in purchasing Greenland from Denmark. What’s this all about? In the first segment, we talk to Claus Elholm Andersen, professor of Scandinavian studies in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at UW–Madison, to get some insight on Greenland’s history and resources—and why it’s strategically important to global […]
Living with Big Tech
The internet is dominated by five companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. And it’s not just online—these giant tech companies are behind a lot of the smart devices collecting information about us every day, from Amazon Echo to robot vacuums to even “smart” toothbrushes that many consumers are bringing into their homes. Today on […]
Native Waorani tribe in Ecuador win against Amazon forest development
The Ecuadorian government’s plans to sell a half million acres of Amazonian rainforest to oil companies has been blocked by the legal rights of the indigenous Waorani tribe, and by the legal rights of nature itself. Reynard Loki has been following this conflict and has written an article in Common Dreams about the history and […]
Who wants Amazon headquarters — everybody, it seems.
With Amazon searching for another headquarters site, states and cities are falling over themselves to offer Amazon incentives to locate at their site. Incentives include land, tax breaks, cash, and more. Is this good for the locale, or anybody? Greg LeRoy from Good Jobs First talks about the potential outcomes.
The Price of Online Shopping with Amazon
It’s the holiday season, a time when many of us are shopping for gifts. For many of us, shopping online has become our solution to going out and about to local stores. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive officer of amazon.com, wants shopping through Amazon to be our first response. That’s why his company works […]
