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Amazon's Three Shadows: Packaging, Returns, and Warehouse Labor
When Daniel visits the US from Israel, he fills his suitcase with Amazon orders—niche electronics he can't find at home. But behind the incredible selection and frictionless returns lies a system with three growing shadows: excessive packaging engineered to prevent damage, a return policy that generates billions in waste, and warehouse conditions with injury rates nearly double the industry average. This episode explores whether Amazon's marketplace benefits can survive without the unsustainable parts—and how packaging algorithms, bracketing returns, and productivity quotas are all connected…
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