Cronies of Hillary

11/01/2013 Mises Wire Joseph T. Salerno

In the past week Hillary Clinton netted a tidy $400,000 from two speaking engagements at Goldman Sachs-sponsored events. In July and September of this year she spoke at events hosted by private-equity firms KKR and Carlyle Group, respectively. Crony capitalism just keeps rollin’ along.

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