Another student wondered what role, if any, cronyism plays in the decision making of venture capitalists.
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Through cronyism, investors secured funding for many projects that never should have left the drawing board.
And by putting resources to less-efficient use, cronyism actually kills jobs rather than creating them.
But matters are worse in universities, where patronage, cronyism and secure tenure are the rule.
Independent institutions are trying to tackle cronyism and enforce a division between money and politics.
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The thinking goes: Why bother with exotic, risky places where cronyism and flimflammery rule?
Punitive taxation, onerous regulation, economic uncertainty and cronyism will only prolong the current malaise.
Why this occurred is a bit more complicated than a mere case of professional cronyism.
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To be sure, corporate cronyism does not always work out well for those who engage in it.
The reason this time is not the sleaze and cronyism of the 1990s, but Slovakia's prickly principles.
He then went on to explain one aspect of Silicon Valley that some observers might confuse with cronyism.
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Unfortunately, the Obama Adminstration is gravitating towards more cronyism in higher education, driving us further from market equilibrium.
Ending the municipal bond tax loophole offers a unique opportunity: raising revenue while deterring cronyism and wasteful spending.
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We learned last night, for example, that he is against bailouts and cronyism?
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Whatever form these privileges take, Americans are rightly suspicious of the cronyism that substitutes political influence for free markets.
No wonder, then, that the Chelsea faithful sensed cronyism at work when Grant took the top job at Chelsea.
Bankers must learn to lend on the basis of creditworthiness, rather than cronyism.
Warren, keep that to yourself and use your bully pulpit to fight cronyism.
To engage in a little Schadenfreude, cronyism is also the reason Big Law firms are falling like termite infested redwoods.
Mr Prodi also needs swiftly to lift the blanket of perks, cronyism and contempt for accountability that smothers Europe's institutions.
If we want to restore the relationship between patients and those giving them care, we need to stop this healthcare cronyism.
Tapping such ties to facilitate business, though it can be controversial, is usually a far cry from either cronyism or corruption.
It didn't help, of course, that Suharto enjoyed no democratic mandate, and his cronyism and policy flip-flops worsened his economic problems.
In Indonesia needed infrastructure investment was overloaded with the costs of cronyism.
Cronyism has existed in the US since before it was a nation.
Put simply, cronyism is remaking American business to be more like government.
Should he win the Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for which his book has just been shortlisted, the cronyism charges will re-surface.
But opposition parties accused the Scottish government of "cronyism" over the appointment.
All this can also lead to cronyism, often responsible for economic crises.
But wind cronyism is now being questioned all across the political spectrum.
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