That's why the term crony capitalism is increasingly used. From Wordnik.com. [California Conservative] Reference
The term crony capitalism is socialism trying to blame capitalism. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I think crony is spelled with a y rather than an ie. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Becca’s Review Forum] Reference
A crony is somebody that you give a job to, even if they are not qualified. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right-Wing Peanut Gallery Hits Miers Hard] Reference
A liberal crony is by default smarter and more qualified than a neocon crony. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Senate defies Bush veto threat,] Reference
The system we live under is better described by the terms crony capitalism, mercantilism, fascism, or socialism. From Wordnik.com. [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference
When government and business collude, it's called crony capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [An Economy of Liars] Reference
One of the others cast as a crony was a kid named Bill Forsythe, who I'd never met before, since he'd been attending a different school. From Wordnik.com. [Where There's a Bill There's a Way] Reference
It's called crony capitalism. chersully2000 wrote: fausto: I would not believe much of anything that individual says, re Obama or anything. From Wordnik.com. [BangorDailyNews.com > News] Reference
This kind of crony corruption shows that republicans have NO VALUES other than GREED AND HATE!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Brown Blames HorsesAss.org] Reference
The word crony-ism comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Let the Hangar Door Hit You on Your Way Out. - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Mr. Barton of the Royal Mint was quite a "crony" of Maudslay's. From Wordnik.com. [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]
IS everyone else on all of the commissions considered a "crony"?. From Wordnik.com. [New Haven Independent] Reference
Sure, Obama has not visibly engaged in the kind of crony capitalism that ol 'W and our man Daley are so fond of. From Wordnik.com. Reference
His chosen "crony" in his latter years, though much younger than himself, was Charles Marsh, a New Hampshire man. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
I believe you brought up the analogy of taking someone’s land and turning it over to a crony, which is different than aCRP. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » My Detroit Free Press op ed on Sotomayor and Didden:] Reference
But those claims come off as hard to believe because he's a relative newbie - how could anyone mistake him for Bush's "crony"?. From Wordnik.com. [PA Pundits - International] Reference
"What this whole issue has revealed is the dangers of the kind of crony capitalism the Rudd Labor Government is engaged in," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
The candidate sent a letter last week to supporters requesting donations, saying every "crony" is pouring money into the Reed campaign. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
Ben Bradshaw blocks Boris Johnson's "crony" appointment to Arts Council London. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
"crony" capitalism trump our perceived illusion of American Democracy once again. From Wordnik.com. [Daytona Beach News-Journal Online] Reference
Will Clinton replace her with a crony like Mickey Kantor?. From Wordnik.com. [Next Year's Model] Reference
The other is the bureaucratic, crony capitalism that exists now. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangers Ahead] Reference
He has benefited from the fact that he was not a crony of Suharto. From Wordnik.com. ['The Damage Is Real'] Reference
Laksamana's replacement, Rozy Munir, is a controversial Wahid crony. From Wordnik.com. [Is Gus Dur Out Of Touch?] Reference
The minister of Finance, Kamel Gailani, is regarded as a weak Chalabi crony. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall Of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong] Reference
The 386ers are helping break down the crony-driven conglomerates, called chaebol. From Wordnik.com. [Korea's 'Generation 386'] Reference
That means eliminating the campaign manager, the family lawyer, the confidant, the crony. From Wordnik.com. [No More Hacks Or Cronies] Reference
And Korea is no longer the old crony-capitalist economy run by those same business titans. From Wordnik.com. [Rolling in the Dough] Reference
But Yeltsin paid a psychic price for that coup: he had to fire his highhanded bodyguard and beloved crony, Maj. From Wordnik.com. [Born Again] Reference
To get out of this mess, he'll call in Mouse (the scene-stealing Don Cheadle), his trigger-happy crony from Houston. From Wordnik.com. [Black And Blue In L.A.] Reference
By the time the dictator and crony capitalist Suharto was forced from office in 1998, corruption accounted for some 2 percent of GDP. From Wordnik.com. [Money Pit] Reference
This is China's worst known case of crony capitalism, and it offers some interesting perspectives on the state of corporate leadership. From Wordnik.com. [ENRONS OF CHINA] Reference
Unfortunately, the bailouts so far look an awful lot like crony capitalism, reinforcing cynicism about the ability of government to help. From Wordnik.com. [No Change to Believe In] Reference
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