Harvard Business School professors discuss and debate current events that sit at the crossroads of business and culture. Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee engage in a spirited discussion on a range of topics torn from the headlines — from Facebook, to free trade, to the #MeToo movement. Informed by their unique expertise as professors at one of the world’s leading business schools, their takes are always surprising, unconventional, and insightful.
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episode 3: Amazon Under Attack, and Household Financial Stress
Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss the problem of household financial stress. They also debate whether current criticisms of Amazon are justified.
Suggested Reading
- “Is Amazon Unstoppable?” (Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker)
- “Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan” (Franklin Foer, The Atlantic)
Some recent picks:
- “In Hoffa’s Shadow” (by Jack Goldsmith)
- “Dopesick” (by Beth Macy)
- Dear White People (Netflix)
- 1619: The Birth of American Music (podcast)
- PRI’s The World (podcast)
- American Factory (Netflix)
- Darren Brown: Secret (Broadway)
- Succession (HBO)
You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.