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We explore what happens when government and private interests collude. againstcronycapitalism.substack.com

  1. 12/26/2025

    Couple of reports from two of "America's fraud capitals"

    We’ll bet that the fraud alleged in the attached video happens all over the place and not just in Minnesota and California. *We’ll be back with a weeky crony wrap next week. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  2. 12/12/2025

    Leaked Pentagon Doc, "Overmatch Brief" Says US Loses To China In Taiwan Battle

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  3. 11/13/2025

    Life Is Expensive (And Government Makes It More Expensive)

    We are told time after time that government intervention will make things more affordable, yet time after time it does exactly the opposite. We take a look at a report on the post millennial economy from AEI. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  4. 11/08/2025

    AI Too Big To Fail: Crony Capitalism Is Destroying Capitalism!

    Sam Altman says that AI is essentially Too Big To Fail. In the end, if an AI bubble bursts, the US government will be there to bail the industry out. He and and his buddies will be insulated. Nothing to worry about. It is this kind of attitude that makes many young (and not so young) people throw up their hands in exasperation. If the crony system, essentially socialist capitalism for the rich and the connected, is structured to make the rich richer via the state, why not look to the state to provide basic needs? If capitalism means cronyism (it doesn’t, but this is the perception of many) why not vote to get one’s (meager) piece of the pie just like the connected guys? This is the kind of thinking that motivated many of the people who voted for Mamdani on Tuesday. They made what can be considered a rational choice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 11/03/2025

    Who Is To "Blame" For Any Mamdani Win In New York City?

    Mamdani appears to have run a campaign focusing on the economically and politically ignorant. But he has also been disciplined when his opponents have not been. He has hustled when his viable opponents have not. As a result, New York, one time cradle of capitalism, may soon be run by a completely out of the closet Marxist. Additionally, New York, the second largest Jewish city in the world, may soon be run by a strident enemy of many (all?) things Jewish. South Florida real estate agents wait by their phones patiently for final election results. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  6. 10/28/2025

    In the EBT Debate, Remember Food Stamps Are Big Business

    Most of the debate regarding food stamps of late has been around who should be getting them. What is almost never talked about is the fact that EBT means billions for the giant food conglomerates. The number one most purchased item with food stamps? Sugar soda. Do you think Coca-Cola or PepsiCo want anyone messing with their taxpayer funded cash cow? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  7. 07/02/2025

    Ding Dong USAID Is Dead!

    Above we see actual, grown up, progress. USAID was in many respects, we know now thanks to DOGE, a taxpayer money laundering scheme for connected cronies. As Rubio points out above, only 12 cents of every USAID dollar actually made it to “recipients”. The rest got siphoned off along the way. The establishment, to whom USAID has given so much is upset of course, from Bush to Obama, to CNN. But that’s OK. In fact, that’s more than OK. It’s very good indeed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

  8. 06/24/2025

    Who's Responsible For Pushing War With Iran, IN Iran?

    Anything short of all out, regime changing war is unacceptable to many of the neoconservatives still hanging around Washington DC. One would think that a full quarter century of abject failure would tell them they were wrong. One might think that they’d get a clue that their whole international relations philosophy was bankrupt. But no. The neocons want your kids on the ground in Iran. Why? Because we, the United States is under threat? No, that’s not why. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit againstcronycapitalism.substack.com/subscribe

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