Since Robert Reich coined the phrase several years ago, “corporate welfare” has become a rhetorical target for progressives. Activists argue that government subsidies to private businesses amount to giveaways, which sometimes even promote harmful activity. These critics have established “corporate welfare” in the lexicon of both liberal and conservative politics: a recent computer search turned […]
Frank Laird
Frank N. Laird is associate professor of technology and public policy at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies.