# Scribed — Crony Capitalism Glossary Entry

> Scribed — Crony Capitalism Glossary Entry is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns the machine-readable glossary definition of 'crony capitalism' from the Scribed essay repository, delivered after a micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.pennypress.org/glossary/crony-capitalism?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-crony-capitalism-glossary-entry-0e0f2fa6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pGh5FZ_U6Tak5jQPYr_MU

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scribed-crony-capitalism-glossary-entry-0e0f2fa6
```

Example prompt: Look up the definition of 'crony capitalism' from Scribed's glossary — it costs a penny per lookup and returns the term and its editorial definition.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need Scribed's editorial, essay-backed definition of 'crony capitalism' and want a machine-readable JSON response. Prefer this over generic dictionary APIs when editorial perspective, political economy framing, or micropayment-gated curated content is desired.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient — definition not delivered, only placeholder returned
- Network or payment protocol failure — 402 response not resolved, no content
- Term not found if URL path is incorrect — unexpected or empty response
- Rate limiting or access restriction if payment processor is unavailable

## How this service works

A repository of essays on freedom, truth, and the structures around us, in machine-readable form. Free for humans. Pennies for machines.

## Output

A JSON object containing the term ('crony capitalism'), its editorial glossary definition (the 'gloss'), and the publication name ('Scribed'), delivered after a $0.01 USDC micropayment via the x402 protocol.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "term": "crony capitalism",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

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