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The Woodstock Of Crony Capitalism

The Woodstock Of Crony Capitalism

By Adventures in Capitalism

The Woodstock Of Crony Capitalism

It’s been a while since I've attended the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK:NYSE) annual meeting. Between the tedium of little kids asking questions about how to live life, to the feel-good nature of the thing, I simply got repulsed. Why do a bunch of hard-nosed capitalists choose to act like Ned Flanders for a weekend—in Omaha of all places? It’s illogical and completely artificial.