it's called neoliberalism, and the "shadowy government/cabal/whatever" is just the owner class, they don't get all together in a smoke-filled room to twirl mustaches as much as they just use their capital to push their individual goals. of course, given the incentive structures of capitalism and their shared class status, by and large their individual goals tend to coalesce in many areas.
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