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Examples of crony
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An end to crony capitalism favoring government-selected companies or industries.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The stolen TRILLIONS are hastily sent to crony banks both at home and off shore.
From the infowars.com
But crony capitalism isn't when somebody makes money and they produce a product.
From the thepage.time.com
The wind industry is built on crony capitalism, it is the only way it can exist.
From the science.time.com
They are following Karl Marx's confusion between capitalism and crony capitalism.
From the ocregister.com
All can be raided in the spur of a moment at the behest of yet another FSB crony.
From the economist.com
Probably the burning of Syrian embassy in Almaty is a new warning to the crony.
From the economist.com
Warren Buffett, son of a four term congressman, is an insider crony capitalist.
From the forbes.com
The regulation are mostly embedded crony capitalism, and not free trade at all.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Buddy: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- (cronyism) favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, commonly called Ned's Declassified or simply Ned for short, is an American live-action situation comedy on Nickelodeon that debuted in the channel's Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. ...
- Close friend; Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization
- (Cronyism) As it applies to jobs and other employment matters, it means favoring friends or associates ("cronies") with little to no consideration of their qualifications or the qualifications of other employees. ...
- (cronyism) favoritism, especially in the giving of political appointments.
- (cronies) intimate or close companions
- A term used to describe an individual who was able to exploit connections with former President Marcos to gain wealth and economic position.
- An intimate companion, a comrade; also a confederate in a robbery.
