Some relevant reading around this notion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_for_the_rich_and_capitalism_for_the_poor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialis

Some relevant reading around this notion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_for_the_rich_and_capitalism_for_the_poor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_for_the_rich_and_capi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatizing_profits_and_socializing_losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatizing_profits_and_sociali... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_welfare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_welfare Game theory at work, on many levels.