From Ancient Rome through modern-day America, money inflation has been the means by which the state extracts wealth without recourse to taxation.
Corporate Welfare
Sponsored by Mark L. Hart III
Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis
Why the Cost of Government Is Higher Than You Think
When governments spend, regulate, and tax, they decrease household take-home pay while diverting savings and investment to the government class.
Cartels and Subsidies in Canadian Agriculture
Canadian agricultural policy today subsidizes and controls markets in grain, dairy, and other products to ensure profitability.
Crony Capitalism and the Transcontinental Railroads
The first transcontinentals were all creatures, not of capitalism or the private markets, but of government.
David Brooks, The Whigs, and Corporate Welfare
The NYT gets it wrong again. We are told the Whigs, the original crony capitalists, were the voice of the common man against a tyrannical government. Hogwash.
13. The Founding Father of Crony Capitalism
Section Two: Politics and Thieves. Narrated by Harold L. Fritsche.
General Electric’s Crony Capitalism
The Obama administration inserted language into the 2012 fiscal cliff bill that enabled GE to avoid paying much federal income tax.
Life in Crony-Capitalist America
Interviewed by Scott Horton, Mark Thornton discusses life in crony-capitalist America, where Wall Street gets bailouts and interest-free money and