“Crony capitalism is regular capitalism’s in-bred cousin,” explains Andrew Heaton in this irreverent look at the economics of Dallas Buyer’s Club.
I studied economics and never found it to be dismal. I even laughed at my professors’ econ jokes, which tells you most of what you need to know about how sad my college career was. But there’s a new YouTube series out that looks at how pop culture can help explain economics issues.
And it’s great.
Comedian Andrew Heaton launches this series with a look at crony capitalism (“Crony capitalism is regular capitalism’s in-bred cousin.”), entrepreneurship, charity and other economic themes that are on display in the award-winning Dallas Buyer’s Club.
Check it out.
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Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and a Fox News contributor. She is the co-author of
Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court. She is the author of "
Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections." Reach her at
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