What's So Bad About Cronyism?

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Cronyism is a serious problem in the United States, but unfortunately it is still not very well understood. In this new essay, Jay Cost explains what it is, and why we should be so worried about it. By mingling private and public interests, cronyism costs us hundreds of billions of dollars per year and threatens to transform our republic into an oligarchy, where the rich dominate the middle class. Worse, modern cronyism has become embedded into the laws themselves, so politicians in Washington assume that such corruption is just the way things should be. To confront the dangers of cronyism, reformers need to think outside the box, paying special attention to how the political process functions.
Cronyism is a serious problem in the United States, but unfortunately it is still not very well understood. In this new essay, Jay Cost explains what it is, and why we should be so worried about it. By mingling private and public interests, cronyism costs us hundreds of billions of dollars per ye...

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Jay Cost has been a top political analyst for a decade. He is the author of A Republic No More: Big Government and the Rise of American Political Corruption, which traces corruption from the beginning of the nation to the present day. He also wrote Spoiled Rotten, a critical history of the Democratic party. Currently a writer for the Weekly Standard, his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, National Review, Fox News, Real Clear Politics, National Affairs, and Policy Review.
Jay Cost has been a top political analyst for a decade. He is the author of A Republic No More: Big Government and the Rise of American Political Corruption, which traces corruption from the beginning of the nation to the present day. He also wrote Spoiled Rotten, a critical history of the Democr...

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