Dr Yuri Maltsev (Misesorg/Maltsev) is a Soviet expatriate who worked as an economist in the Gorbachev era of reforms He makes the strong case against what he terms Crony Socialism, detailing how politics, bureaucracy, and self-dealing monetary planners work against the cause of greater peace and prosperity Recorded in Fort Worth, Texas, on 2 June 2018 Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist