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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, and/or corruption.[1] Examples given for crony capitalism include obtainment of permits, government grants,[2] tax breaks,[2] or other undue influence from businesses over the state's deployment of public goods, for example, mining concessions for primary commodities or contracts for public works.[3] In other words, it is used to describe a situation where businesses thrive not as a result of free enterprise, but rather collusion between a business class and the political class.[4][5]

Wealth is then accumulated not merely by making a profit in the market, but through profiteering by rent seeking using this monopoly or oligopoly. Entrepreneurship and innovative practices which seek to reward risk are stifled since the value-added is little by crony businesses[citation needed], as hardly anything of significant value is created by them[citation needed], with transactions taking the form of trading[clarification needed]. Crony capitalism spills over into the government, the politics, and the media,[6] when this nexus distorts the economy and affects society to an extent it corrupts public-serving economic, political, and social ideals.[7][clarification needed]

  1. ^ Khatri, Naresh (2016). "Definitions of Cronyism, Corruption, and Crony Capitalism". Crony Capitalism in India: Establishing Robust Counteractive Institutional Frameworks. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 3–7. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-58287-4_1. ISBN 978-1-137-58287-4.
  2. ^ a b Kristof, Nicholas (March 27, 2014). "A Nation of Takers?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Aligica, Paul Dragos; Tarko, Vlad (2014). "Crony Capitalism: Rent Seeking, Institutions and Ideology". Kyklos. 67 (2): 156–176. doi:10.1111/kykl.12048. S2CID 154030054.
  4. ^ Mukherjee, Conan (2019). "On crony capitalism". Decision. 46 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1007/s40622-019-00202-z. S2CID 256404137.
  5. ^ Rubin, Paul H. (2016). "Crony Capitalism". Supreme Court Economic Review. 23 (1): 105–120. doi:10.1086/686474.
  6. ^ The Discovery that Business Corrupts Politics: A Reappraisal of the Origins of Progressivism, by McCormick, Richard. 1981. The American Historical Review, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Apr. 1981), pp. 247–74.
  7. ^ Mukherjee, Conan (2019). "On crony capitalism". Decision. 46 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1007/s40622-019-00202-z. S2CID 256404137.

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