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Episode 82: Capitalism Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

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The Antithetical to Free Markets

I tend not to call it crony capitalism so much as cronyism. The idea is that cronyism can sit on top of a capitalist system or a socialist system. It's about using influence to co-op the state to force people to behave the way you want them to behave. So this idea of crony capitalism is antithetical to free markets.

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