(1) Alec MacGillis, "Friends in High Places," The New Yorker, 11-14-16.
(2) "Bill Moyers Interviews David Stockman on Crony Capitalism," YouTube Video, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVDTA0uHsA
Then write a 500 word reaction (all in your own words; no quotes from any source) that seamlessly incorporates at least the following issues:
1. The career of Thomas R. Nides as a case study of crony capitalism.
2. What Nides's career tells us about the common (positive) perception of the Democratic Party as "the party of working people."
3. What Nides's career tells us about the common (negative) perception of the Democratic Party as "the party of Big Labor and Big Government."
4. The overall effects of Nides's private-sector activities, lobbying efforts, and actions in government over the years on the soundness of government financial regulations and lender of last resort policies.
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