Billionaires, Inc. — Book IV: Billion-Dollar Government Contracts investigates how private corporations and billionaire owners benefit from enormous federal contracts involving space exploration, defense, cloud computing, data systems, infrastructure, and other essential government services.
Focusing on companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon Web Services, the authors examine how government contracts, investments, and strategic partnerships can increase corporate wealth while making public agencies dependent on a small group of powerful businesses.
Using public contracts, financial disclosures, agency records, and documented evidence, the book separates established facts from allegations and political interpretation. It also shows readers how to follow taxpayer money, examine federal contracting records, identify noncompetitive agreements, and recognize potential conflicts of interest.
Book IV asks an essential democratic question: When billionaire-owned corporations perform important government functions, who holds them accountable—and are taxpayers financing public service or private power?