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Amazon's Dash Button - Dynamic Efficiency at Work?

Geoff Riley

1st April 2015

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This is not an April Fool's hoax! Amazon has launched the Dash button to help people automate their shopping using the internet of things. Prime customers are being encouraged to use the new button which - with one press - re-orders household staples such as washing powder, nappies and other items.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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