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cate politicians in a populist era, it will lose its low-cost
edge. If it spins off AWS to please regulators, the rump
will be financially fragile. And if it raises prices to satisfy
shareholders its new competitors will win market share.
Twenty-five years on, Mr Bezos’s vision of a world that
shops, watches and reads online is coming true faster
than ever. But the job of running Amazon has become
no easier, even if it no longer involves packing boxes.

© The Economist Newspaper Limited,
London (Jun 20th 2020)

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