THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS: Jonathan Macey: The Rise Of Crony Capitalism. “We may think that corruption is a problem of poor nations, but there is a great deal of crony capitalism in the United States. . . . A strong, independent judiciary is thought by scholars to be an antidote to both wholesale and retail crony capitalism. Evidence of this is somewhat mixed. The U.S. boasts a legitimately strong and independent judiciary, but crony capitalism certainly exists in this country, and appears to be on the rise.”

This could be a big issue for the GOP. Hillary can’t talk about crony capitalism because she’s neck-deep in it, and Bernie can’t talk about it because that would be a tacit admission that non-crony capitalism might be okay.