One of the issues that comes up is the political influence of business. The left response to that as well, there's no such thing as capitalism. It leads to crony capitalism. Most or all of that crony capitalism is bad. But I think it's much overrated as a source of our problems.
Author and economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks about his book, Big Business, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Cowen argues that big corporations in America are underrated and under-appreciated. He even defends the financial sector while adding some caveats along the way. This is a lively and contrarian look at a timely issue.