Economy

Amazon should build its second home in a city that could use it

By Washington Examiner Staff
Published October 30, 2017 4:01am ET
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Amazon should build its second home in a city that could use it
In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) | Brynn Anderson

Ryan Bhandari for Third Way: In building a second headquarters, Amazon is in a unique position to expand the opportunity to earn for residents of a struggling metro area. It would be a mistake to just think about Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, and the other metro areas where the economy is booming and Amazon’s marginal impact would be moderate.

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