Bezos’s own politics and philosophy, which he does not impose on the Post, comprise a mix of social liberalism—he donated to the campaign to legalize gay marriage—and economic views that stress individual liberty. It is an attitude he shares with his father, who fled Castro’s Cuba. “A free market economy, which by necessity involves a lot of liberty, just happens to work well in terms of allocating resources,” he says. But the merit of the free market arises not merely from its efficiency but also from the moral value it accords to individuals, he believes.
