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GE Jet Engine Plant in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Article

Acton Longform

February 7, 2020

Lights out at General Electric

Paul Glader

Economics, Politics and Government, Business and Finance, Cronyism

Public-private partnerships have increased cronyism in France, Sam Gregg writes.

Article

R & L Transatlantic

March 11, 2019

Elites, markets, and cronyism

Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. (Oxon.)

Economics, Politics and Government, Cronyism

The murders of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, touched off protests that toppled the nation's prime minister.

Article

R & L Transatlantic

April 6, 2018

Cronyism fueled the murder of a Slovak journalist

Martina Bobulová

Cronyism

Andrej Babiš won the election and was appointed prime minister of the Czech Republic on December 6.

Article

R & L Transatlantic

December 21, 2017

Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis: Populist or crony capitalist?

Michal Hejl

Politics and Government, Cronyism

The Polish bishops supported a bill ending commerce on Sundays, writes Mikołaj Pisarski.

Article

R & L Transatlantic

December 12, 2017

Poland's Sunday shopping ban: More cronyism than Catholicism

Mikołaj Pisarski

Religion, Economics, Politics and Government, Cronyism

Corruption and cronyism are closely related, and hurt honest citizens in the same ways.

Article

R & L Transatlantic

October 5, 2017

The international perils of corruption and cronyism

Rev. Ben Johnson

Politics and Government, Cronyism

Article

R & L Transatlantic

February 16, 2017

The EU: Where cronyism and virtue signaling meet

Rev. Ben Johnson

Politics and Government, Cronyism

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Lights out at General Electric

Elites, markets, and cronyism

Cronyism fueled the murder of a Slovak journalist

Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis: Populist or crony capitalist?

Poland's Sunday shopping ban: More cronyism than Catholicism

The international perils of corruption and cronyism

The EU: Where cronyism and virtue signaling meet