not been received at the time of posting. TC4 ceased operating in mid-2012, but over the course of its existence it provided large grants to CPPR. CPPR was recently fined $500,000 by the California Fair Political Practices Commission in connection with a scheme that funneled millions of dollars through several dark money groups to help defeat a proposed tax increase in the state and to promote a second ballot initiative to curtail the political effectiveness of labor unions. The conservative groups lost on both counts.

But the biggest known slug of income by far for AFP in 2012 came from another group connected to the Kochs, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce: It gave AFP $32.4 million last year.



For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact thethere a sizable number of the "rich" and "successful," particularly among the most notable members in the financial services sector, who don't meet even the most basic definitions of practicing capitalists?

If so, then perhaps the emerging dialogue over wealth in America is justified and represents an important examination of whether the country's economy has strayed from a core value in the capitalist ideal. Is the vitriol we are now hearing really fear that soon crony capitalism, socialism for the rich, and corporatism will no longer guide national policy?

Bruce Judson is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and a former Senior Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Management.