How Amazon’s AI Algorithms Raise the Prices You Pay 19.3%
Washington Monthly - By Stacy Mitchell - 4/20/2026, 9:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.2% - Negativity Bias 18.1% - Hasty Generalization 15.1%
In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, then led by Joe Biden appointee Lina Khan, along with 17 states, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. The case, finally scheduled to go to trial next year, alleges that the Seattle-based behemoth maintains a monopoly in online retail through an interlocking set of tactics—what the complaint... more