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Crony capitalism

Crony capitalism, sometimes also called simply cronyism, is a pejorative term used in political discourse to describe a situation in which businesses profit from a close relationship with state power, either through an anti-competitive regulatory environment, direct government largesse, or corruption. Examples given for crony capitalism include the…

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Crony capitalism

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related to In practice · 35
Crony capitalism → Adani SEZ, Argentina, Asian, BJP, China, China's, Chinese, Congress, Crony, Even, For, Greece, Hong Kong, In, India, Indonesia, Intentionally, It, Malaysia, Medallion System
related to In sections of an economy · 32
Crony capitalism → Airbus, Airbus-Boeing WTO, An, As, Boeing, Bush, Congressional, Connections, Cooley, European, Founding Fathers, Governments, However, Hurricane Katrina-related, In, Interstate Commerce Commission, Iraq War, Leveraging, Livingston, More
related to Historical usage · 15
Crony capitalism → Asian, Early, Ferdinand Marcos, Finance Minister, George, Jaime Ongpin, Marcos, Others, Philippine, Ricardo Manapat, Smarter, Some, Taber, The, Time
related to In developing economies · 14
Crony capitalism → Africa, Alawite, Alawites, As, Corrupt, David Ndii, For, In, Kenyan, President Assad, Syria, These, This, Uhuru Kenyatta
related to In finance · 13
Crony capitalism → After, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention, Bliley Act, Consumer Protection Act, Critics, Crony, Glass, It, Leach, Second Bank, Steagall’s, The Gramm, United States
related to Capitalist critique · 12
Crony capitalism → Ben Shapiro, Communist, Conservative, Financial Times, For, Further, Hernando, In, Likewise, Soto, Supporters, Vietnam
related to Socialist critique · 8
Crony capitalism → Critics, Jane Jacobs, Much, Noam Chomsky, Occupy Wall Street, Ravi Batra, Since, United States
related to Crony capitalism index · 6
Crony capitalism → Crony Capitalism Index, Hong Kong, Its, Malaysia, Russia, The Economist
related to Political viewpoints · 3
Crony capitalism → Political, The, While
is a · 1
Crony capitalism → inevitable result of any strictly capitalist system and thus

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capitalism crony government political term also business market used power businesses economic system cronyism economy form states result capitalist officials

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Crony capitalismis ainevitable result of any strictly capitalist system and thus0.90text
classical liberalsinstance ofsupporters0.80text
neoliberalsinstance ofsupporters0.80text
right-libertarians consider it an aberration brought on by governmental favors incompatible with the free marketinstance ofsupporters0.80text
corporatocracy or corporatisminstance ofConservative commentator Ben Shapiro prefers to equate this problem with terms0.80text
consideredinstance ofConservative commentator Ben Shapiro prefers to equate this problem with terms0.80text
James Jinstance ofWhile market entrepreneurs0.80text
Edward Collins in steamshipsinstance ofpolitical entrepreneurs0.80text
the leaders of the Union Pacific Railroad in railroads were men who used the power of government to succeedinstance ofpolitical entrepreneurs0.80text
Crony capitalismrelated to Capitalist critiqueSupporters0.60section
Crony capitalismrelated to Capitalist critiqueFurther0.60section
Crony capitalismrelated to Capitalist critiqueIn0.60section

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