Atlanta Braves Poised to Receive Yet Another Publicly-Funded Stadium
Sarasota-area officials want to hand over tens of millions for a spring training facility without letting taxpayers have a say.
Sarasota-area officials want to hand over tens of millions for a spring training facility without letting taxpayers have a say.
Trump's attack on General Motors is factually wrong, economically illiterate, and another example of how he bullies companies to do his will.
Higher political contributions equals more government contracts on even better terms
The city of St. Louis may still vote for spending taxpayer money on a soccer stadium, but the state of Missouri is out.
Several Disney-backed candidates lost in the reformed local city council races.
Former Texas governor supported taxpayer-funded slush funds for favored businesses, including some that went bankrupt.
Rich businesspeople want over $120 million in public funds and tax credits to build a soccer stadium for a team that does not yet exist.
They both see politics as just another side of business.
Matt Welch discusses these issues plus fake news and Thanksgiving poisonings on FBN's Kennedy tonight at 9 pm ET
The president-elect was a crony capitalist businessman. Now he's set to become a crony capitalist politician.
Billion-dollar taxpayer handout to a billionaire's construction project overwhelmingly wins voter approval.
Crony capitalism leads to price gouging, again.
New ballpark could cost taxpayers over $1.6 billion in taxes and lost revenue to replace current one, which is only 22 years old.
Taxpayer subsidy for one America's richest men and one of its worst NFL franchises sneaks through Nevada legislature.
"Go Team Go" is a bad argument for publicly-financed stadiums.
Bill would subvert legal interpretation of Wire Act.
Sheldon Adelson and NFL's Raiders run into opposition from conservative tax watchdog group and Nevada's largest labor union over proposed stadium.
Disastrous financial dealings and flirtations with fascism set the stage for his planned run for the presidency.
New Left stalwart talks with libertarian journalist about Gary Johnson, crony capitalism, the Koch brothers, and war
A pair of orchestrated hit pieces from media outlets has spurred the city to hand out massive fines.
The aristocrats who rebelled against Spain to maintain their high standing in Mexican society never really went away.
Public financing of private boondoggles isn't just a local issue, according to new report from Brookings Institution.
According to state regulators, skim milk = skim milk + mandated additives.
Well...more than the non-zombie Congress already does.
Sixteen states require hair braiders to get cosmetology licenses, which cost hundreds to thousands of dollars and require at least 1,000 hours of training.
An industry clamored for more regulation-because it had a financial interest in doing so.
Actually, you can probably guess what happened.
Star cornerback and Stanford grad says "make the billionaires who actually benefit from the stadiums pay for them."
Voters supported funding parks, but not a billionaire's ballpark.
Taxpayer-guaranteed loans (with interest) are always a safe bet for lenders.
Who knew money wielded by government was dangerous?
The company can exploit an advantage created by foolish protectionist laws to sell cheaper shoes and capture more consumers.
The centerpiece of Hartford's $400 million development misses another deadline.
Some people want gambling legal, but only at their own casinos.
A regular reminder to never publicly finance pro sports teams' real estate.
Small-town Southern taxpayers subsidize minor league ballparks for baseball's worst team.
Elon Musk is working with NASA to hustle an unmanned mission to the Red Planet. But he's writing the checks.
The billionaire should spend his own money, not the taxpayers'.
Feds say he committed fraud to make citizens pay for a ballpark they overwhelmingly voted to not publicly finance.
Special interests collude with government to hurt consumers.
How independent breweries are mooching off state subsidies.
While Hillary Clinton starts to call into question whether Sanders understands banking policy.
Common concerns over crony capitalism and criminal justice, different solutions, and a thinly veiled warning shot to Republicans
His strategy wasn't lovely, but it was a blow to crony capitalism.