The Marshall Plan Slush Fund: Cronyism for US Exporters

Patrick Newman, Revisionist History of War Conference, 2025

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

05/16/2025 Patrick Newman

Did the Marshall Plan save Europe or enrich crony capitalists? Patrick Newman exposes how corporate welfare, hidden deals, and corruption shaped postwar policy, with effects still felt today.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

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