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Jeff Bezos

President Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos in front of an Amazon product page | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Ken Cedeno - Pool via CNP | MEGA |RSSIL | River | MEGA | JRMAR | Newscom | Amazon | Midjourney | Grok

Tariffs

White House Accuses Amazon of 'Hostile and Political Action' Over Rumored Tariff Disclaimer

There's nothing "hostile and political" about informing the public of the negative consequences of poor economic policy.

Jack Nicastro | 5.1.2025 12:45 PM

Jeff Bezos | CNP/AFP/Sipa USA/Newscom

Media Criticism

WaPo Embraces Free Minds and Free Markets

"I'm confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America," wrote Bezos.

Robby Soave | 2.27.2025 12:20 PM

Donald Trump and Elon Musk | Kyodonews/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Trump Administration

The Tech Bros Love Trump Because the Democrats Pushed Them Away

What Elizabeth Warren has achieved.

Robby Soave | 1.20.2025 8:49 AM

Jeff Bezos | imageSPACE/ImageSpace/Sipa USA/Newscom

Media Criticism

Newspaper Endorsements Die in Daylight

More than presidential politics or #AnticipatoryObedience, economics is to blame (or thank) for the long, slow death of a publishing anachronism.

Matt Welch | 10.31.2024 1:53 PM

President Donald Trump with arms crossed seated at a table in the White House Cabinet Room, in June 2020. | Polaris/Newscom

Donald Trump

Smaller Government Can Protect Against a Vengeful President

Whether through policy or prosecution, the president's ability to punish his political enemies should be sharply constrained.

Joe Lancaster | 10.28.2024 3:40 PM

A grinning man constructed from a U.S. dollar bill, with a Caution sign on his face. | Illustration: Lex Villena

Wealth

The World Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. Good!

A new report brings remarkable economic illiteracy to its focus on poverty and inequality.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.19.2024 7:00 AM

FTC Investigating, but Not Thwarting, Amazon Acquisition of One Medical | Illustration: Lex Villena; Feverpitched

Antitrust

FTC Investigating, but Not Thwarting, Amazon Acquisition of One Medical

Since the Federal Trade Commission didn't sue in time, the deal went through. But will FTC Chair Lina Khan keep trying to attack Amazon for its bigness?

Liz Wolfe | 2.23.2023 10:10 AM

Two people are seen at a food bank | Photo 153624307 © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Charity/Philanthropy

Charity and Capitalism Are Better Than Government

When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.

John Stossel | 12.28.2022 12:10 PM

featurewearegoingtothemoon | Illustration: Nzoka John/iStock

Space

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.

Eric Berger | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

featurebillionaires | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy, Nareshkumar Shaganti/Alamy, RichardBakerFarnborough/Alamy, NASA

Space

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

Pete Buttigieg giving Senate testimony | Rod Lamkey / CNP / SplashNews/Newscom

Department of Transportation

Pete Buttigieg Is Moving to Michigan. He Should Take the Transportation Department With Him.

It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.

Ira Stoll | 7.12.2022 3:20 PM

dpaphotosfive682978 |  Aaron Schwartz - CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

wealth tax

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the American 'Oligarchs'

"Multi-billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson are off taking joyrides on their rocket ships to outer space. They are buying $500 million superyachts."

Liz Wolfe | 4.1.2022 10:20 AM

dpaphotosfive326839-2 | Christian Charisius/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

NFTs

Tom Sachs: Taking NFTs Where No Man Has Gone Before

The artist's Rocket Factory project, which lets users build and own their own virtual spacecraft, is changing how we think about reality.

Nick Gillespie | 3.23.2022 4:50 PM

topicsphoto | Photo: Blue Origin

Photo

William Shatner Goes to Space

After his flight, Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, "I hope I never recover from this."

Reason Staff | 12.22.2021 6:00 AM

sipaphotoseleven560259 (1) | Nicol� Campo/Sipa USA/Newscom

Labor Unions

NLRB Overturns Amazon Workers' Decision Not To Unionize, Orders New Election

If providing campaign buttons were grounds for disqualifying the results, would any election in modern American history be valid?

Eric Boehm | 11.30.2021 11:15 AM

dpaphotosfive255052 | Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Elon Musk

Amazon Pressures FCC To Deny SpaceX's Satellite Internet Plan

Powerful companies attempting to get government agencies to suppress competition means consumers could lose out.

Liz Wolfe | 9.1.2021 5:00 PM

upiphotostwo809214 | BONNIE CASH/UPI/Newscom

wealth tax

Elizabeth Warren Says People Are Struggling and Jeff Bezos Hasn't Pitched In Enough

Bezos pitched in by creating an online marketplace of cheap consumer goods that people can get delivered to their homes in two days flat.

Liz Wolfe | 7.26.2021 5:20 PM

8124974_image | Graphic by Lex Villena

National Debt

U.S. Billionaire Wealth Would Fund Government For Just 6 Months

Mocking penis-shaped rockets is no substitute for holding the feds accountable for a looming fiscal crisis.

Nick Gillespie and John Osterhoudt | 7.23.2021 3:50 PM

westendrf639702 | Anette Christina Götz/Westend61 GmbH/Newscom

Coronavirus

Biden Says CDC 'Probably' Will Recommend Kids Under 12 Wear Masks to School

Plus: Biden says killing the filibuster would throw Congress into chaos, AOC is wrong about Bezos in space, and more....

Eric Boehm | 7.22.2021 9:30 AM

thumb1 | Illustration: Lex Villena; nrkbeta, National Museum of American History

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC Says Amazon Abuses Market Power, Ignores Fact That Customers Shop at Amazon Because They Want To

After returning from space yesterday, Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon customers who made his fortune possible.

Liz Wolfe | 7.21.2021 4:00 PM

maphotoseight990927 | Blue Origin/MEGA / Newscom

Space

Bezos Launching Into Space Will Probably Make Your Life Better Too

May our new space billionaires produce spinoff technologies for the rest of us to enjoy in due time!

Liz Wolfe | 7.20.2021 8:50 AM

8124394_16x9 | Images: Jarle Naustvik, National Museum of American History; Graphics: Lex Villena

Space

Bezos, Branson, and the Billionaire-Funded Race To Make Space a Bargain

Billionaires are going to space. They will help us get there too.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.19.2021 1:15 PM

nasa-yZygONrUBe8-unsplash | Nasa on Unsplash

Coronavirus

Space Liberation!

Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 7.12.2021 4:15 PM

maphotoseight984451 | Blue Origin/MEGA / Newscom

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Is Obsessed With You (If You're an Amazon Customer)

Amazon's CEO stepped down this week after 27 years of extreme customer focus.

Liz Wolfe | 7.7.2021 2:16 PM

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Big Government

How Big Business Uses Big Government To Kill Competition

Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.

John Stossel | 7.7.2021 12:39 PM

Screen Shot 2021-06-16 at 5.46.49 AM | Stossel TV

Capitalism

People Love To Criticize Capitalism. Here's Why They're Wrong.

In capitalist societies, the poor get richer.

John Stossel | 6.16.2021 8:53 AM

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Taxes

Washington State Might Tax 4 People Billions of Dollars. What If They Leave?

A proposed wealth tax would collect 97 percent of its revenue from famous billionaires.

Hank Adler | 2.13.2021 7:00 AM

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Space

Billionaires in Space: How Musk, Bezos, and Branson Could Save Humanity

Aerospace pioneer and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on the dawn of private space travel.

Katherine Mangu-Ward and Meredith Bragg | 4.27.2020 1:50 PM

Large image on homepages | Jeff Malet Photography/Newscom

Volokh Conspiracy

Is Threatening To Publish Bezos' Nude/Lewd Pics Criminal Blackmail?

When is a threat to reveal something embarrassing blackmail, and when is it permissible? Plus a special Bill Cosby (but non-sexual-assault) connection.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.8.2019 11:26 AM

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John Stossel

Stossel: Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism

Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 11.13.2018 10:40 AM

Large image on homepages | Jonathan Weiss/Dreamstime.com

Amazon

Amazon's New $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage: Silencing the Critics or Keeping up With the Times?

What's behind Amazon's new minimum wage policy?

Joe Setyon | 10.2.2018 11:45 AM

Large image on homepages | MARK MAKELA/REUTERS/Newscom

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Introduces a New Bill in His Latest Hit Against Amazon

The senator has accused Jeff Bezos of being subsidized by taxpayers.

Zuri Davis | 9.5.2018 4:41 PM

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Seattle

Stossel: Seattle's 'Amazon Tax'

The Seattle government passes a job-killing tax to fix the housing shortage it helped cause.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 5.15.2018 5:50 PM

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Reasontv

Whole Foods' John Mackey on Amazon Merger: 'A Meeting of the Souls.'

Why the "conscious capitalist" thinks we are headed for "a consumer utopia."

Nick Gillespie and Mark McDaniel | 3.30.2018 11:21 AM

Large image on homepages | Yale University Press

Elon Musk

The Surprisingly Long History of Private Space Exploration

America returns to its roots, thanks to philanthropists who are literally shooting for the stars.

Rand Simberg | 7.23.2017 6:00 AM

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump's Fantasy World (Reason Podcast)

Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk deficits, Chuck Berry, Gorsuch, and the Bezos bot.

Jim Epstein | 3.21.2017 10:30 AM

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Donald Trump

How Trump and Bezos Can Bury the Hatchet

If Donald Trump is the dealmaker he touts himself as, he'll make public peace with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Here's why.

Ira Stoll | 6.20.2016 4:00 PM

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Science & Technology

First Private Rocket Goes to Space, Safely Lands on Earth

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin company succeeds with its New Shepard Reusable Rocket

Brian Doherty | 11.24.2015 4:45 PM

Politics

"When Can I Buy My Ticket to Outer Space?"

Katherine Mangu-Ward and Todd Krainin | 9.9.2013 12:22 PM

Culture

Jeff Bezos Wants New "Golden Era" at Washington Post

Amazon.com founder just bought it

Reason Staff | 9.3.2013 12:10 PM

Culture

What Jeff Bezos Can Bring to The Washington Post

Peter Suderman | 8.6.2013 1:12 PM

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