Let Them Eat Raytheon Stock
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss recent inflation news, broader chaos in financial markets, and another round of funding for Ukraine.
Cronyism and Corporatism
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Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs
The patent system in pharmaceuticals incentivizes firms to game the system for monopoly profits.
Meds: The Seen—and Unseen—of Intellectual Property Laws
Much of what we might call monopoly capitalism (or crony capitalism) can be tied to intellectual property laws.
The Great Reset VII: Capitalism for the Rich and Socialism for the Poor
Michael Rectenwald takes on the progressive canard of "socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor," in which the government protects the wealthy but throws everyone else to the tender mercies of rapacious capitalism.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Gambit and What It Means to the “Clique in Power”
Contrary to what progressives may claim, Twitter has not been the "town hall for democracy," but rather an enforcer for "wokeness, political fealty, and obedience to official state dictates and narratives."
Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs
The patent system in pharmaceuticals incentivizes firms to game the system for monopoly profits.
The Great Reset VII: Capitalism for the Rich and Socialism for the Poor
Michael Rectenwald takes on the progressive canard of "socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor," in which the government protects the wealthy but throws everyone else to the tender mercies of rapacious capitalism.
Chapter 12: The Culmination of The American System: Enlarging the Empire
Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.
