“Did the world’s smartest company really need 13 months, and applications from 238 cities, to reach the striking conclusion that it should invest in New York and DC? The former is America’s heart of capital, and the latter is America’s literal capital, where Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, already owns a house and a newspaper.” And another question from Derek Thompson: Why the hell are U.S. cities spending tens of billions of dollars to steal jobs from one another in the first place? (Editor’s follow up question: Why does the media cover Amazon’s every PR move like it’s actual news?)