need to eliminate crony capitalism. Although full of hair-raising stories, this book is also about solutions. It tells us …

The origin of crony capitalism: how institutional changes incentivize corruption -- The soil of crony capitalism: where … spawned a form of rapacious crony capitalism characterized by endemic corruption, an incipient kleptocracy, record income … corruption thrives -- Public office for sale: an illicit market for political power -- Cronyism in action: collusion between …

wealthy few have built a system that works in their favor, while maintaining the illusion of democracy. The reality is that … the quality of democracy in the United States is lower than in any other rich democracy, on a par with nations such as … improve middle-class economics is for Congress and the Supreme Court to raise the quality of American democracy. In …