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"Amazon is going to kill more American jobs than China did"

We all know it's coming, I just didn't realize how quickly.

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"If Amazon can capture 40% of the GAFO market within five years (as seems likely), about 1.5 million jobs at brick-and-mortar stores could be lost. Add in the jobs Amazon will kill at grocery stores, drugstores, warehouses and delivery services, and the total would be well over 2 million.

And unlike the manufacturing jobs lost to China, which were clustered in a comparatively few counties, those retail jobs are located in every city, town and hamlet in America."

Link: MarketWatch - Amazon Is Going To Kill More Jobs Than China Did

Posted: 03/21/2017 at 9:17PM

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"Amazon is going to kill more American jobs than China did" -- hoodeyo 03/21/2017 9:17PM

Not surprising at all. Better start discussing concepts like UBI because -- Seattle .Hoo 03/22/2017 08:09AM

UBI is one thing, how does one find a purpose in life though? -- Oregon Hoo 03/22/2017 10:12AM

Well, first off, it's just my opinion but I think most people don't do jobs -- Seattle .Hoo 03/22/2017 3:43PM

Well said. Could be a great boon to humanity if approached -- hoodeyo 03/22/2017 4:52PM

Universal job guarantee is probably better than UBI. -- hoodeyo 03/22/2017 1:05PM

Holodeck? ** -- BocaHoo91 03/22/2017 10:25AM

Hah! I was gonna say.... ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/22/2017 3:23PM

This is new economic reality. Likewise, slelf driving trucks will put out -- WaxHoo 03/22/2017 08:07AM

Who's happy about this? What you YOU think we should do? ** -- BocaHoo91 03/22/2017 1:22PM

I post solutions regularly but almost nobody seems to notice or care** -- WaxHoo 03/22/2017 2:37PM

Really, all I see are strange posts about TrumpMeat -- BocaHoo91 03/22/2017 5:10PM

Guess we're all gonna have to roll with bones -- hoothat 03/21/2017 11:44PM

This is not news -- Beerman 03/21/2017 10:25PM

The internet strikes again. I sometimes wonder a -- walkthecorner 03/21/2017 9:20PM

Wait until driverless cars in cities put cab drivers out of work -- NJHoo 03/21/2017 9:55PM

And I see driverless delivery trucks before flying drones -- 757 03/22/2017 03:43AM

Won't be a porch. We all lose our jobs and end up homeless on streets :) ** -- Oregon Hoo 03/22/2017 10:14AM

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