
Peter Boettke & Patrick Newman on Cronyism
Hayek Program Podcast
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Moreno: Why does a scholar who's drawn to the study of money and macro economics drift into an economic history of cronyism in america? Moreno: I guess i really have been shifting into more of croneism overm with my research. He says economists should focus on motivations behind policies, rather than just results. The idea is that while rights are advocated, every policy even today is advocated to benefit the public as kind of a thin veneer,. sort of a smoke screen for the actual reason.
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