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Coca-Cola, Cronyism, and the War on Drugs

Corporate WelfareU.S. HistoryMonopoly and Competition

Blog08/08/2016Chris Calton

Coca-Cola still uses components of the cocaine-producing coca leaf in its production today in a partnership with big pharma and government cronies.

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Brazil's Olympics: Cronies Feast while the People Starve

Corporate WelfareGlobal EconomyMedia and Culture

Blog08/08/2016Ryan McMaken

The Olympics is one big party for politically-connected millionaires and other "elites" at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.

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Crony Capitalists, Local Pols, and Refugee Resettlement

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Blog04/14/2016Joseph T. Salerno

It took a heroic local news anchor from Fargo, North Dakota, to expose that crony capitalists have banded together in a "nonprofit" foundation to bribe the political classes of small U.S. cities.

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The Big Short

Booms and BustsCorporate WelfareThe FedFinancial MarketsMedia and Culture

Blog01/09/2016Mark Thornton

The Big Short is a pretty good movie, but there are a few things it leaves out.

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Hunger and War in WWI Germany: Remembering the Slaughter of Pigs

Corporate WelfareWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog11/30/2015T. Hunt Tooley

Strange centennial somehow makes sense in the World of Leviathan.

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Pot Battle in Ohio

Corporate WelfareThe Police StateInterventionismMonopoly and Competition

Blog11/03/2015Mark Thornton

UPDATE: The fact that marijuana legalization ballot measure (Issue #3) failed in Ohio is not an indication that legalization is not supported by the people. It was...

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The Black Hole of Defense Spending

Corporate WelfareTaxes and SpendingCalculation and Knowledge

Blog07/06/2015Matthew McCaffrey

The only thing defense spending actually defends are the profits of defense contractors.

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Orwellian Tax Rhetoric

Corporate WelfareTaxes and SpendingInterventionism

Blog05/29/2015Matthew McCaffrey

Myths about taxation are just one reason we need good economic reasoning now more than ever.

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60 Minutes's Puff Piece on Crony Capitalist

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Blog05/04/2015Mark Thornton

60 Minutes did a segment on David Rubinstein, one of the founders of Carlyle Group which was established in 1987. Carlyle is one of the largest private equity firm and the only major private equity firm to be based in Washington DC. The company controls enormous assets all over the globe and is...