ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRONY
Student slang (Cambridge), from Greek khronios of long duration, from khronos time.
7 QUOTES WITH «CRONY»
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crony.
I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony capitalism by the ruling class in Washington.
The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.
People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.
Crony capitalism is much easier than competing in an open market. But it erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want.
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.
I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare.
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRONY»
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crony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea ...
Even in Korea, corruption was far greater than the conventional wisdom allows - so rampant was corruption that we cannot dismiss it; rather, we need to explain it."--BOOK JACKET.
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Crony Capitalism in America 2008-2012
We see it everywhere: shady deals between politicians, regulators, and powerful private interests. Increasingly this is how our economy is run.
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Political Consequences of
Crony Capitalism Inside Russia
This book examines the coexistence of crony capitalism and traditionally democratic institutions such as political competition and elections in Russia after the collapse of communism.
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, 2011
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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
Former Reagan budget director David Stockman contends that capitalism has gone wrong and been corrupted, and that it might be restored, arguing that Washington--and especially the Federal Reserve--have fallen prey to the politics of crony ...
David Alan Stockman, 2013
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Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America: ...
Why. Crony. Capitalism. Is. Bad. for. Economic. Growth. Until. the Asian financial
crisis of 1997, economists and policy- makers alike devoted much attention to
analyzing the causes of the rapid growth of the East Asian economies.
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Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and
Crony ...
It has conveyed that our system has descended into a maelstrom of crony
capitalism that no longer speaks to the American dream, and that we can no
longer count on to enhance America's destiny. It is clear not only that the playing
field has ...
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Crony Capitalists in Our Backyards: Who They Are, What They ...
In Crony Capitalists in Our Back Yards, Amy Handlin, a Harvard educated Republican member of New Jersey's General Assembly, demonstrates that crony capitalism is as much of a problem at the state and local level as it is at the federal ...
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Resource Curse and Post-Soviet Eurasia: Oil, Gas, and ...
What caused the emergence of crony capitalism in Russia, and the logic of
transformation of its major features in the 1990s and 2000s? Numerous studies
devoted to an analysis of Russian politics and economy connect these
developments ...
Vladimir Gel'man, Otar Marganiya, 2010
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Crony Attack: Strategic Attack's Silver Bullet?
Major Tolbert details how a nation can use crony attack to disrupt, if not destroy, "key elite supporters of an enemy leader to effect policy change in the attacker's favor.
Us Air Force, Julian H. Tolbert, 2012
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Crony Capitalism: Capitalism, Tax Break, Cronyism, Public ...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRONY»
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crony is used in the context of the following news items.
Crony Capitalist Ex-Im Bank Threatens to Rise From Grave
Other crony capitalists offer different reasons. General Electric chief executive Jeff Immelt, for instance, warned last month that the Ex-Im Bank's ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
Aetna - A Crony Of Crony Capitalism - On Sale
Aetna (NYSE:AET) is one of the big health insurers well positioned to benefit from the Affordable Care Act/ACA. «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
Bernie Sanders says prop up families with energy needs, not crony …
President Barack Obama gave millions of taxpayer dollars to failed solar power company Solyndra. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»
Dept. Of Energy Boss Goes "Full Crony" in Broad Daylight
While the L.A. Times, and other recent articles, have exposed Elon Musk as the “King of the Kickbacks”, a sort of federal moocher on steroids. «Bay Area Indymedia, Jul 15»
Is your friendship genuine? Will your crony stick with you through …
Is your friendship genuine? Will your crony stick with you through thick and thin? By Karabo Disetlhe | 2015-07-04 02:09:52.0 | COMMENTS [ 0 ] · Back to Home ... «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
A Bad Bill + Crony Socialism = An Even Worse Bill
The Barack Obama Administration is – even more than any of its predecessors – the Crony Socialism Administration. No prior presidency has ... «Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute, Jul 15»
Crony-Capitalist Export-Import Bank Loses Authorization for First …
Established during the Depression by Franklin Roosevelt, Ex-Im has become a leading symbol of crony capitalism. It guarantees loans and ... «Reason, Jul 15»
Brooklyn Pol Allegedly Telling Crony To Hide Evidence: Don't Lie …
Brooklyn Pol Allegedly Telling Crony To Hide Evidence: Don't Lie, "Just Say You Don't Know". by Nathan Tempey in News on Jul 1, 2015 3:17 ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
John Sampson recorded telling crony to cover up shady loan
Speaking in hushed tones at a Queens restaurant, state Sen. John Sampson told a trusted crony to cover up a shady loan he had given the ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
ANOTHER CRONY DEAL?RM2.24 bil govt loan for West Coast …
KUALA LUMPUR - West Coast Expressway Sdn Bhd (WCE) today signed a government support loan facility agreement of up to RM2.24 billion ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jun 15»
