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Some things Jeff Bezos can do with his $193 billion

The Verge

Forbes pegs his net worth around $193.2 For instance, last year, Bezos’ ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott, gave away $4 billion in four months — and her net worth is only a paltry $60 billion by comparison. His solution is increased wages and social safety net programs. That’s more money than most people’s brains can process!

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We’re all addicted to cheap stuff — and Temu knows it

Vox

But wait, there was more — if I checked out in the next 10 minutes, I could net a cool $300. And though its tagline evokes billionaires, Temu’s core customer is on a tight budget. In a Deutsche Bank Research survey of US consumers, almost a third said they would shop less at Walmart and Amazon because of Temu.

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How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force

Vox

I had asked the people at the “let’s all give our money to buy the world’s poor malaria bed nets” conference to buy me a plane ticket ? Obviously the money should go to bed nets! Along with the size of its collective bank account, EA’s priorities have also changed. Flash forward to 2021. He peaked at $25.9

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