Capitalism for cronies or public good?

Capitalism for cronies or public good?
Now, crony capitalism is a bad thing, and I've railed against it in the context of Japan. When well-connected companies are able to use the government as a tool to protect themselves from competition, it's good for those companies but bad for the ...
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Crony Capitalism And The Growth Of Federal Regulation
In it, OMB pegs the cumulative costs of 116 selected major regulations during the decade at between $ 68.5 billion and $ 101.8 billion. This annual roundup is one product of the executive branch regulatory review process, by which our federal regulators ...
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Garrett: Crony Capitalism is Alive and Well at FHFA
“On the same day that the Ex-Im Bank expires, the crony capitalist empire strikes back at the FHFA. Fannie and Freddie have been bailed out by American taxpayers to the tune of $ 188 billion, yet Director Watt is handsomely rewarding the executives of ...
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Melcher: The Export-Import Bank: It's not just for big corporations - Richmond.com
And David Zuckerman, vice president of ServerLIFT Corp. observed in the Phoenix Business Journal, “Ex-Im is not 'crony capitalism.' We did not curry favor with the administration to get our account with Ex-Im; we simply applied. We did so in order to ...
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