Jeff Bezos’s Yacht: Driver of Economic Activity

08/05/2025 Lipton Matthews

A yacht—like any good exchanged on the free market—represents countless value-maximizing exchanges and represents an industry that employs thousands of people to provide goods and services to others.

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/jeff-bezoss-yacht-driver-economic-activity

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