Jay Cost of The Weekly Standard sits down with Ben Weingarten of Encounter Books to discuss his new Broadside, "What's So Bad About Cronyism?" During the interview, Jay and Ben discuss the history of the cronyism and the fundamental battle between Hamilton and Madison, the surprising death of the patronage system, egregious examples of cronyism, some contrarian methods for combating it and much much more.

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