Category Archives: Political capitalism/rent-seeking

William N. Niskanen: Economist, Scholar, and Foe of Political Capitalism

"Rob Bradley at Enron" (for the record)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Free Market Recommendations for Congress & Obama (oil and gas prominent in potential job bonanza)

The 'Economic Means' vs. the 'Political Means': Franz Oppenheimer Makes a Key Political-Capitalism Distinction

Wisdom from T. Boone against Rent-Seeking Pickens (remember when you said ….?)

German Wind Capacity Revisited: High Cost versus Least Cost

Blowout Prevention Act–or Oil-Production Prevention Act?

Green Jobs: The Last Redoubt (invoking military images of us-versus-them)

Dear U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Why Attempt to Resuscitate a Brain Dead Climate Bill?

“[Nuclear] Fortunes in Cap-and-Trade” (Part III of “Political Capitalism: Understanding the Beast that Broke the Cage”)