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July 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist?
The Amazon founder revived the theory of surplus value.
July 9, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The Billionaire Space Race Is a Tragically Wasteful Ego Contest
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are spending billions to go to space, using money and resources that belong to the people.
December 3, 2020
MagazineClive Thompson
Monetizing the Final Frontier
The strange new push for space privatization
May 31, 2018
Alex Shephard
For Jeff Bezos, Space Is the Place
Why Amazon's founder has his sights set on the stars
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are fighting about their rockets, which are definitely very impressive.

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