Adam Smith, (remember him? "Wealth of Nations") said about 250 years ago that:
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”
When they use their clout to affect government policy, there you have "Crony Capitalism."
But as far as your suggestion being an "antidote", I will point out one obvious flaw in it. The public has become stupid, and you might as well be talking to pigeons for all the good it will do in attempting to inform the public regarding what is to them, a very abstract concept.
Put the idea into a simple cartoon that is both interesting and entertaining, and you might get somewhere with it.
“But as far as your suggestion being an “antidote”, I will point out one obvious flaw in it.”
You’re right.
I guess I lost perspective there.