Listening to Bill Moyers interview a man who spills the beans on how a few of the Super Duper Rich have taken advantage.

Date:   1/18/2008 11:56:42 PM ( 16 y ago)

9:53 PM
January 18, 08


Listen in here,
audio from Fresh Air:


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17808622



http://www.reason.com/news/show/124116.html


Enough to make a person want to throw up.

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The Cost of a Free Lunch
New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston surveys a world of government interference in the market to privilege the privileged.

Brian Doherty | December 28, 2007
David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter. His latest book, just out this week, is called Free Lunch: How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government Expense (and Stick you With the Bill). It’s valuable from a small government perspective because of its detailed stories of government attempts to manipulate or adjust the market, leading—predictably, a libertarian might say—to benefits for the well-off and well-connected rather than the disadvantaged or the masses.
Free Lunch is full of sharp, heavily reported takedowns on eminent domain, expensive special favors for sports teams, legislative deals that put taxpayers on the hook for private train company’s crimes and errors, giveaways from small towns to attract big-box stores, and how heavily government-managed markets in areas such as power and health care can enrich some at everyone’s expense.


Http://www.pbs.org


 

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