[ZULU]

Sounds like a must-read. The heart and soul fo crony capitalism.

[Axenolith]

Damn, I’m definitely going to get this one... Thanks for the heads up!

[Count of Monte Fisto]

The Globalist Banksters not only ran Crony Capitalism they also financed Communism.

WALL STREET AND THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION

THE BEST ENEMY MONEY CAN BUY

Problem - Reaction - Solution

[Sherman Logan]

She unravels the multi-generational blood, intermarriage, and protégé relationships that have confined national influence to a privileged cluster of people. These families and individuals recycle their power through elected office and private channels in Washington, DC.

Of recent presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Obama (arguably) did not grow up in an atmosphere of high privilege. Most were lower middle class or even poor for much of their childhood.

If you like, we can consider them all as having been adopted into the ruling class, but such a class open to talent in this way puts a really serious dint in the author's argument.

[Buckeye McFrog]

After Andrew Jackson toasted their buns, the bankers determined to get on the inside, and stay there.

[SeeSharp]

how Chase and National City Bank chairmen worked secretly with President Roosevelt to rescue capitalism during the Great Depression

I stopped reading at that point.

[bert]

Money or wealth and power go hand in hand. Always have and always will.

The monied interests, the wealthy business class, save Egypt from Morsi and in time resurrect Libya. They are gaining power in China.