Seeking Rents – The Podcast

Autor: Jason Garcia

"Rent-seeking" is a term in economics that describes when a corporation uses its political influence to twist tax laws and other public policy in its favor. Seeking Rents – The Podcast brings you the stories of how that's happening in Florida, where corporate interests like Florida Power & Light, Big Sugar, and Walt Disney World wield enormous influence everywhere from local city halls to the state Capitol. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jason Garcia, Florida's leading corporate-accountability reporter. jasongarcia.substack.com

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1. From abortion to rural boundaries: What’s at stake in the race for attorney general – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
2. Deceit and deception on the campaign trail – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
3. The tech bros are coming for Florida’s elections – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
4. The story behind a shady land deal in Florida (update) – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
5. The Hope Florida cover-up – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
6. The sickness infecting Florida state government – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
7. Nobody likes to lose – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
8. The bipartisan plot to take out Florida's best senator (update) – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
9. Hope Florida fallout – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
10. ‘A sophisticated scheme,’ exposed – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
11. Big money loses big – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
12. Endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
13. Zombie sprawl – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
14. Billionaires for Byron – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
15. Chink in the armor – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
16. The good, the bad and the bought – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
17. Two of a kind – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
18. Season change – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
19. Wasting billions but pleasing billionaires – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
20. The other side of the equation – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
21. Same circus, different clowns – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
22. No way to run a railroad – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
23. Outsourcing prisons, selling lottery tickets and testing toilet water for drugs – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
24. Florida voters passed reforms. Florida politicians are undoing them. – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
25. Cold war thaw – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
26. DeSantis vs. Trump II – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
27. Cracks in the foundation – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
28. Florida Legislature 2026: When rhetoric met reality – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
29. Florida Legislature 2026: At least a billionaire got his waterslide – Seeking Rents – The Podcast
30. Florida Legislature 2026: Nightmare Christmas – Seeking Rents – The Podcast