Economist Dean Baker criticized Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg's massive bet on the Metaverse, arguing the roughly $77 billion spent on the project represents not just a corporate loss, but a broader economic failure that carries real social costs. Zuckerberg Threw$77 Billion In his newsletter on Monday titled “Did Mark Zuckerberg Throw $77 Billion of Our Money into the Toilet?” Baker said that while Meta's Metaverse ambitions could be viewed as “just a mistaken investment decisio ...