No one doubts that Beijing doles out special privileges to Chinese exporters, but the way to answer Chinese cronyism isn't to expand American cronyism.
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But many have foundered on bureaucratic resistance and amiguismo (cronyism).
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But a few have proved controversial, spurring allegations of cronyism.
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He denies opposition accusations that he fosters cronyism and corruption.
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A decent financial system is the best defence against cronyism.
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Yet there is still good reason to worry about cronyism.
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Bangkok bigwigs, hardly clean themselves, complained about corruption and cronyism.
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They've had enough of the Clintons' excuses, cronyism and coverups.
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Democrats, they said, were the party of corruption and cronyism.
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So what happens if cronyism takes hold in the U.S.?
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Meanwhile, Democrats attacked the pick as an example of cronyism.
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Recent reports tying him to suspected cronyism could change that.
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However, critics accuse him of cronyism and failing to tackle graft.
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In recent years cronyism, always a problem, has become steadily worse.
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Abe is struggling with declining popularity because of suspected cronyism scandals.
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Businesspeople swooned after he sacked dozens of officials suspected of cronyism.
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This, he argued, would foster esprit de corps and curb cronyism.
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You've got your abuse of power, your cronyism, your cover-ups.
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Ukraine's Maidan revolution was supposed to roll back corruption and cronyism.
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"I rejected cronyism as governor, and I reject it now. "Sen.
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Tunisia's economy, still suffering from Mr Ben Ali's cronyism, is teetering.
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For decades Surt was a byword for tribal cronyism in Libya.
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The mayor's critics say that his administration is bloated by cronyism.
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They've had enough of the Clintons' excuses, cronyism and cover ups.
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These measures won't eliminate risk of cronyism, but they're a start.
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In other words, the battle against cronyism is not quite over.
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My opponents attacked me, promising more cronyism and more corporate welfare.
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And its economy has been emasculated by sanctions, cronyism and corruption.
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Such graft and cronyism are the very essence of their grievances.
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Republicans and Southern Democrats banded together against him, complaining of cronyism.
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But instead, the culture has become one of liberal-agenda cronyism.
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Its public administration, at all levels, is marred by cronyism and inefficiency.
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Its governing body, FIFA, has a woeful history of cronyism and corruption.
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Any whiff of compromise smells like the cronyism of politics as usual.
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The legislation also repeals the Durbin Amendment, a cronyism provision that Sen.
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They view themselves as outsiders, crusaders against political corruption and corporate cronyism.
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Put differently, a high, top income tax rate discourages cronyism, not merit.
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That rule of law, however, is threatened by G-20-style cronyism.
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There is also still evidence of the same old cronyism and corporatism.
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These protections from both parties aren't about partisanship, but lobbying and cronyism.
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The federal response has been plagued by mistakes, waste and apparent cronyism.
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Chinese cronyism comes at the expense of other Chinese producers and consumers.
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Yet they insist that such cronyism was just the meritocracy at work.
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They've had enough of the Clintons' excuses and cronyism and cover ups.
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If that means hugging NATO or smiling at corporate cronyism, Trump's your man!
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Tax collection is better than in the worst days of cronyism and corruption.
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Add in the insidious impact of cronyism, and a very unequal society results.
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It doesn't take much to see our network as a form of cronyism.
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He may have kept street-level corruption in check, but cronyism is rampant.
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Whitefish Energy spokesman Chris Chiames balked at the suggestion of cronyism or favoritism.
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Corruption comes in many forms: cheating, bribery, nepotism, cronyism, embezzlement, fraud, state capture.
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But many accuse Fico of not clamping down harder on corruption and cronyism.
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Plagued by corruption and cronyism, both districts had a revolving door of superintendents.
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In addition, 88 percent said they see RAWA as an example of cronyism.
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And they led to the cronyism that Republicans frequently lambasted in Obama's DOE.
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In fact, it would have discouraged cronyism, incompetence and other economically damaging behaviors.
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And owing to policy drift, cronyism and corruption, the results are not good.
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And the ministries run by his allies exemplified the cronyism he now decries.
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At home we can expect him to engage in further repression and cronyism.
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The economy is booming, but corruption and cronyism, inequality and poverty remain chronic.
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To Matthew, Jackson's nomination reeked of "cronyism," he said, like other Trump appointments.
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Anyway, at the time, Don Jr.'s anti-cronyism speech went over big.
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Corruption and cronyism will worsen, although that might not bother some Davos attendees.
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But many fault Fico for not clamping down on corruption and cronyism more.
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Trump kept his word, didn't bail out a billionaire friend, and that's cronyism?
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"There is no cronyism," Macron told reporters at a news conference in Finland.
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Wilson had gone beyond friendship, Bale said, and stepped over the line toward cronyism.
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Government could never work properly until a professional civil service replaced cronyism, Roosevelt declared.
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Cronyism certainly predates capitalism itself, as past rulers rewarded family and friends for eons.
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A sustainable capitalism requires a system free from the barnacles of favoritism and cronyism.
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The Rapid Transit Loop became a symbol of the old machine's corruption and cronyism.
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The scandal over the payout to Mr Tapie centred on charges of political cronyism.
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There is evidence of the same old cronyism and corporatism along the way, too.
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This has long been argued to be the result of cronyism and political corruption.
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Ukraine. Over the longer run, his approach looks like a loser, since cronyism will
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Those benefits shouldn't be determined by heredity and cronyism more than ability and grit.
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Congress generally gets away with Farm Bill cronyism with little to no public outcry.
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More and more, such cronyism is being practiced at the municipal level as well.
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Their strategy of cronyism, bailouts, and government protection from competition and markets has worked.
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The demotion comes less than 18 months after his controversial appointment amid claims of cronyism.
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But his government has been dogged by accusations of cronyism and authoritarianism in recent years.
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Some aspects of the overall relief effort have been criticized for poor planning and cronyism.
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After all, the populism and cronyism of more recent years is hardly new in Turkey.
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His nomination was frankly laughable and a demonstration of utter cronyism by the Trump administration.
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Pashinyan came to power in May after weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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The scheme has little to do with consumer protection and everything to do with cronyism.
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Some voters accuse Sarksyan and his associates of cronyism and corruption, an allegation they deny.
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Yet whiffs of cronyism taint the prime minister as much as they do other comrades.
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It is rising amid protected wetlands and faces charges of cronyism in awarding construction contracts.
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The chamber's record of cronyism, indolence and scandal since then has not improved its reputation.
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President Trump's budget took an important step to address this extreme cronyism and corporate welfare.
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Now they can show that fighting cronyism is a priority, not an empty talking point.
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There is already a movement building in Congress to stop this blatant waste and cronyism.
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Eventually the victims realise that they are facing an entire system of corruption and cronyism.
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Further safeguards are also needed to prevent cronyism and abuse of the program by politicians.
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You've argued that cronyism and corruption aren't a problem for certain kinds of populist leaders.
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At home, Mr. Poroshenko broke with early allies over worries about cronyism in his government.
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This glaring loophole provides political families with an opportunity to effectively "offshore" corruption and cronyism.
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He has grossly mismanaged the country's resources and engaged in acts of far-reaching cronyism.
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Schwartz also tried to avoid the strong whiff of cronyism that hovered over some deals.
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But during that time, reckless housing construction frequently coupled with cronyism and nepotism, took its toll.
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Bankers themselves are afraid to deal with loans pragmatically, because that often gets mistaken for cronyism.
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Others fret that Rwanda has hocked itself to fund projects that may be marred by cronyism.
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Her presidency is rocked by a massive corruption scandal, accusations of cronyism and a deepening recession.
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And half the adult population say they want to move abroad to escape corruption and cronyism.
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When DuVernay was learning about Hollywood, she witnessed cronyism born of common experience and casual proximity.
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But many others remember the accusations against him of cronyism, undermining the judiciary and suppressing dissent.
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That means, among other things, a commitment to meritocracy, rather than promotion through cronyism or kinship.
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Big firms can afford tax accountants to avoid all the K-street cronyism and corporate welfare.
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Faced with weak political parties and cronyism, Latin American countries tend to respond with regulatory overkill.
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Not only is this cronyism, but consumers suffer when one business or industry gets special treatment.
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Her proposals will replace the discipline of the market with the cronyism of special interest governance.
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Mr. Cruz has begun airing ads in Wisconsin accusing Mr. Kasich of cronyism as Ohio's governor.
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In 2014, The Economist put the city at the top of a global index of cronyism.
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The commercial — titled "Branstad Family Values" — accuses him of cronyism on behalf of Iowa's ethanol industry.
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"You know who else practices this kind of pay-to-play corporate cronyism?" the narrator asks.
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In reality, these regulations have led to cronyism, driven up costs and limited access to care.
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Amid the cronyism and repression of Mr. al-Bashir's government, many Sudanese doctors left the country.
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Others have criticized it for paving the way for cronyism and an ossified system of politics.
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The revolving door between lawmakers, regulators and corporate cronyism is a lifetime of employment and enrichment.
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Protesters in both countries point to it as the root cause of endemic corruption and cronyism.
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Cronyism and the influence of special interests in both our politics and policymaking contaminates our government.
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Remember, Katrina was the event that finally revealed the costs of Bush-era cronyism to all.
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The 19th century Pendleton Act was supposed to protect the federal workforce from direct political cronyism.
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Justin Amash (R-Mich.) chalked the deal up to "more corporate welfare and cronyism" and Sen.
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And any one of those political actors can derail progress through corruption, cronyism or simple neglect.
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The country's Constitutional Court upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park over allegations of corruption and cronyism.
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In a region cursed with rampant cronyism, any move to silence criticism of the mighty is worrying.
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Ukraine is still crippled by corruption and cronyism, much of it emanating from Mr Poroshenko's own circle.
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In the claustrophobic world of dog shows, there is always a fear of cronyism or, simply, prejudgment.
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Few think she will challenge the cronyism that has come to define the ANC under Mr Zuma.
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A survey in 2016 found over 90% of Chicago business leaders saw cronyism in the city government.
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He has powerful allies among the ANC's new senior leadership, and among those who benefit from cronyism.
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Handouts like this to Amazon and other prominent companies are appalling in their cronyism, pure and simple.
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They, too, are annoyed by the corruption and cronyism they feel are all too common in politics.
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It is a system to be nurtured and protected from threats, and cronyism is a huge threat.
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It's a break with the cronyism of the past that gave too little weight to banking expertise.
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China's banking industry, you might say, with its great wall of bad debts and state-sponsored cronyism.
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Cronyism is central to Vladimir Putin's vision of Russia, the country that scores worst in our ranking.
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It has become the justification for egregious cronyism and waste to help large and prosperous agricultural businesses.
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But the new generation looked every bit like the old one, as they hurled accusations of cronyism.
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People are also angry about skyrocketing rents, a sharp disparity between rich and poor, and naked cronyism.
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On the contrary, in many ways Clinton is a made-for Trump caricature of Washington DC cronyism.
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Choose your scandal: Iraq, MPs' expenses, cash for questions, cronyism, or all the political parties being rubbish.
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And if there's one thing congressional incumbents care about more than partisanship and cronyism, it's self-preservation.
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I've also spent much of my energy trying to navigate the entrenched cronyism in local decision making.
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The public sector remains bloated; old Greek habits of cronyism and nepotism are too encrusted to extirpate.
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To be sure, there is a lot of cronyism in our economy, which should be stamped out.
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"We have this shared vision of removing cronyism barriers in public policy throughout society," Churi told CNBC.
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The scandal was emblematic of the cronyism and corruption that has soured many Bolivians on Mr. Morales.
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What doesn't get highlighted, however, are the veins of cronyism and nation-building found throughout the bill.
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Their distaste for her evasiveness and cronyism is similar to that of young liberals — only on steroids.
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"This seems like a textbook example of cronyism in action," said Kathleen Clark, a Washington University professor.
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The American people, no matter how they feel about Trump, want to end cronyism and backroom deals.
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But Pdvsa has been battered by lack of investment, cronyism, mismanagement, corruption and the emigration of experts.
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If the allegations of cronyism held water, Harris should be able to explain what happened 25 years ago.
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Bias. One quarter of survey respondents reported that the lack of equal compensation was a result of cronyism.
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He was still known for a little patronage now and then, but had mostly shed his cronyism ways.
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But the journalist's murder has focused popular anger on Fico over his perceived failure to corruption and cronyism.
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Tarr said "cronyism" among the executive officers and board members should also be a top concern for investors.
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The economy, once a strength, is growing slowly, plagued by cronyism, poor management and a collapse in tourism.
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With the old church-state cronyism a fading memory, the question is how far the pendulum will swing.
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When last in power, from 2001-06, it had gained a reputation for cronyism and pandering to Islamists.
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Rivals inside the LDP are also getting feisty feistier, with some speaking out about the suspected cronyism scandal.
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Some businessmen welcomed it, hoping that a reduction in graft and cronyism will create space for young entrepreneurs.
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Bill Clinton also plans to cease giving paid speeches -- another move intended to prevent further accusations of cronyism.
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The Brotherhood, which claims to have 5,000 members, blames graft and cronyism for Uganda's high rate of underemployment.
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Oh, and they need to stay away from anything that looks like favoritism or cronyism in this endeavor.
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Abe's ratings have recovered after falling to around 30 percent earlier this year amid scandals over suspected cronyism.
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And the Afghan government needs to win the confidence of its own people through curbing corruption and cronyism.
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"It'a basically cronyism," said Daren Bakst, a Senior Research Fellow in agriculture policy at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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The former ruling Republican Party was toppled in spring following weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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Yet some Congressional Republicans are actually proposing to revive legislative earmarks—the quintessence of wasteful Capitol Hill cronyism.
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The events unfolding during this Nixonian summer are the result of failed territorial policies, local corruption and cronyism.
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And those people are being placed in by the sheriff, himself, as political appointees and favoritism and cronyism.
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Cronyism and corruption, hallmarks of Mr. Ben Ali's dictatorship, remain problematic, I.M.F. and World Bank analysts have warned.
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He turned to cronyism and handouts to maintain support among his supporters and crucial allies like the military.
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That system has been blamed for political corruption, and for promoting disarray and cronyism within the Iraqi army.
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"There was a downside in terms of cronyism, mutual back-scratching and a hesitance to criticize," he said.
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Trump will make the cronyism more personal and public, and his own conflicts of interest will bear watching.
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The "culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence is so pervasive and it's in the White House," she added.
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But Abe's popularity ratings have skidded in recent months on suspicions of a cover-up linked to cronyism.
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No obvious reason, that is, except the huge opportunities for cronyism and profiteering that would be opened up.
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As cronyism and authoritarianism seep deeper into his administration, Turks are voting differently — this time with their feet.
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Naturally, the path isn't smooth: In her way is a corrupt system that runs on cronyism and sexual favors.
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Last week the country's Constitutional Court upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park over allegations of corruption and cronyism.
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Any attempt to pardon Russia figures on naked cronyism grounds would enhance the president's legal troubles and backfire politically.
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In the meantime, he said he would carry out root-and-branch reforms to cut out graft and cronyism.
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Mr Gordhan, who is trying to curb cronyism, has been at odds with the president over the past year.
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"In America, the cronyism seemed to be operating at the highest levels," Linton offered as justification for the goof.
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Many benefit from the regime's cronyism, and some are too deeply implicated in criminal activities to qualify for amnesty.
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It also increases the risk of cronyism and corruption in places with worse controls on public procurement than Britain.
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Once associated with cronyism, it has reinvented itself under leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis as a pro-reform and moderate alternative.
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One of the most striking examples of Hubbard's cronyism was an education reform bill that came up in 2013.
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Such elections were susceptible to the influence of guanxi, or personal networks, which often led to cronyism, it said.
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Beyond the blatant cronyism at work, it's an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment rights of alternative-meat producers.
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Few reforms have gone fully into effect and the country has recently taken a hard turn back toward cronyism.
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The powerful GPS industrial complex ostensibly has been keeping spectrum hostage for decades and holding back 2628G through cronyism.
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Cronyism and wealth have helped Bechtel a great deal, but they cannot fully explain its long ties to Washington.
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Indeed many of the plotlines found here are the same – deregulation, cronyism, ballooning property prices and household credit: crash.
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Equally important is removing government barriers that inhibit individual and economic freedom, and to eliminate federally-funded corporate cronyism.
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Using government policy to promote long-term horizons in corporate America would promote an insidious form of government cronyism.
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Mr. Orban's critics say that such cronyism is possible because of the erosion of Hungary's democratic checks and balances.
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And his response to the economic fallout has veered between complacency and hysteria, with a strong admixture of cronyism.
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Then there are the boliburgueses , a new-money business élite riding high on government contracts, cronyism, and money laundering.
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Critics named the affair "Selmayrgate" and the European Parliament savaged Juncker in March, saying the appointment smacked of cronyism.
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The Republican Party is missing in action on this front, offering nothing beyond tax cuts, deregulation and corporate cronyism.
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His formal personal manner has bolstered his image as a man ready to root out corruption, cronyism and privilege.
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The United States can't afford to fall victim to cronyism and mercantilist collusion between foreign companies and foreign governments.
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The Asian Tigers have been criticised for the lack of democracy, favouritism in allocation of resources, cronyism and protectionism.
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Because of the politicisation of America's institutions and the rise of lobbying, the risk of cronyism today would be high.
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The police chief denounced what he called "unhealthy cronyism" to explain Benalla&aposs apparent sway within France&aposs security apparatus.
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He has been criticized over what critics say are questionable business deals, top-level government cronyism and some ministerial appointments.
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I was thrilled to see you diagnose the cronyism and corruption of our government as a principal motivation of yours.
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Hyperloop One has settled a lawsuit that accused top executives of cronyism, nepotism, misuse of funds and allegations of harassment.
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Once again, a government program, rife with corruption and cronyism as always, results in massive levels of fraud and abuse.
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In order for these policies to be effective and sustain public support, they must avoid actual or perceived corporate cronyism.
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Save for the glimmer of Florida cronyism, the controversy was pretty unremarkable, at least as far as Trump news goes.
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Lighter-skinned Cubans dominated the economy and government under Fulgencio Batista, whose dictatorship was known for corruption, violence and cronyism.
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And to end the cronyism, half-measures, and central planning that brought us to the brink in the first place.
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This capped a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Although cronyism is far from extinct, the emerging world has witnessed a big increase in the number of true entrepreneurs.
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History teaches that, due to socialism's centralized nature, there is no place more replete with cronyism than one practicing socialism.
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Like the last auction, unfortunately, the rules are more conducive to cronyism than competition, promising a costly, less competitive auction.
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Many Egyptians still despise him as the totemic symbol of the rampant cronyism and repression that plagued Egypt for decades.
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Perry's record in Texas was one of willful ignorance with respect to risks, cronyism and favors to corporations and donors.
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It leads to cronyism, and experience and academic studies confirm that it leads to lower economic growth and less prosperity.
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In the years after Watergate, Justice Department officials — from both parties — worked hard to banish partisan cronyism from the department.
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But critics have long charged that much of that expansion was built on budgetary sleight of hand, cronyism and corruption.
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Bulgaria have failed to qualify for a major tournament since 2004 while Mihaylov's tenure has been marred by cronyism allegations.
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"Some of the decisions just made it really hard to defend against accusations of cronyism, or conspiracy, frankly," she said.
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Not only are many of its talking points untrue, but Ex-Im has also been connected to corruption and cronyism.
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But worse still is the secrecy, misinformation, conflicts of interest, nepotism, cronyism and vitriol that characterize the Trump White House.
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It's cronyism, pure and simple and proof the Tories will always put their own interests before those of the country.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia, journalist, blogger and crusader against corruption and cronyism on the island of Malta, had finally been silenced.
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In a statement on his website, West cited concerns about financial mismanagement and "cronyism" within the nearly 150-year-old organization.
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Worst of all is political meddling at flag carriers, most of which have succumbed to corruption, cronyism and public-sector protectionism.
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Cronyism and kicked the crooks out of Washington DC. INGRAHAM: Now if you can&apost beat `em, repeat `em I guess.
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Bulgaria have failed to qualify for a major tournament since 2004, while Mihaylov's tenure has been marred by allegations of cronyism.
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Of the 62 countries tracked in 2212-213 by Global Integrity, an NGO, 220 had rules against "nepotism, cronyism and patronage".
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But it's unfortunate that cronyism remains alive and well in a democratic society that trumpets the values of the free market.
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John Culberson, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, should reject this cronyism and defend core constitutional principles.
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You're not going to stop the corruption and the cronyism by supporting someone who has used government power for private gain.
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Durango 66 exposed the superhuman forces of evil at work in that city and the human costs of cronyism and plutocracy.
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The nomination fits a pattern of cronyism, with the president appointing those of dubious qualifications to patronage jobs across the administration.
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Even pro-government newspaper columnists warned that corruption and cronyism in the municipalities were turning voters away from the ruling party.
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Ultimately, Farm Bill reform is not just about saving taxpayer money or fighting cronyism — it is about saving the nation's farms.
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Mr. Pashinyan came to power after weeks of mass protests in April against corruption and cronyism in the former Soviet republic.
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Cifuentes said the scandals were the work of "the usual suspects" who have long infected island politics with patronage and cronyism.
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What Congress is discussing, and what the administration seems to be flirting with, is a return to Washington's favorite currency: cronyism.
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But after a decade at the helm of government, Mr. Erdogan's early zeal for reform waned as corruption and cronyism grew.
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Autocracy breeds corruption and cronyism, and leaders who wallow in the swamp they pledged to drain cannot forever fool their base.
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You have politicians exploiting their position through cronyism, and they've become worse than any street gang that I've ever known of.
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Tolerating abnormal profits so long as they are distributed in a way that satisfies those with power is a recipe for cronyism.
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In other words, it's cronyism that hurts the free markets and does nothing to fix whatever perceived problem there was with trade.
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Governments use competitive bidding in procurement both to obtain the best service for the lowest price, and to prevent cronyism and graft.
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It is a constant struggle to avoid cronyism and to persuade other countries that they are not a tool of foreign policy.
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In South-East Asia, by contrast, cronyism and inertia are consequences of an economy that is unfair to those at the bottom.
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Ukraine's Maidan revolution of 2013-2014 was supposed to stamp out rampant corruption and cronyism that has plagued the country since independence.
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The candidate to watch will be U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has made combating Washington cronyism a hallmark of her presidential campaign.
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After all, taxpayers ultimately bear the brunt of cronyism, regardless of where they live, what they believe, or for whom they vote.
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Finally, while a risk with any government contract, allowing private firms to bid for IRS contracts also opens the door to cronyism.
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With his decision-making marginalized by the cronyism of basketball lifers and the cowardice of team ownership, Hinkie chucked up the deuce.
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One doesn't have to be paranoid to think these policies were at least partly motivated by cronyism, not concern for the commonweal.
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"Like a black hole, cronyism bends the economy toward the state, inexorably shifting wealth and opportunity from the public to policymakers," Sen.
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A team of Times journalists looked at how such corruption and cronyism helped fuel the protests that roiled the country last month.
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The main concern for many people on Guadalcanal involves not Chinese government interference, but rather cronyism and corruption fueled by Chinese wealth.
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All of this is in obvious contrast and a strong rebuke to the sectarianism and cronyism that has defined post-28 Iraq.
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"At the heart of the dieselgate scandal in Europe lies a testing system that is shrouded in secrecy and cronyism," she said.
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In a kind of mirror image, outraged suspicion is mounting that the Trump Organisation could morph into a vast global network of cronyism.
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Driven by starry forecasts and cronyism under the previous government, state-owned banks had let non-performing loans inflate to a $83bn balloon.
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He has presided over promised parliamentary elections, and has moved to dismantle the cronyism and the repressive regime of his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Donald Trump promises to cut deals with Democrats and to continue the Washington cronyism just like he supported Obama's T.A.R.P. Wall Street bailout.
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Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand all adopted sounder macroeconomic policies and made some effort to curb the cronyism that had accompanied earlier growth.
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Ms Sitharaman was described as a "one-person demolition squad" after her impassioned response in parliament to Mr Gandhi's accusations of government cronyism.
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For tech firms, financial obfuscation and cronyism are the most effective ways to ensure their monopoly profits do not go down the drain.
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Though individual companies can gain from cronyism, overall confidence will fall if there is sustained political meddling in the courts and regulatory system.
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But with economic growth came corruption, land-grabbing and cronyism as well as a culture of impunity typical of a broken justice system.
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Elections in Africa's most populous nation have for years been marred by allegations of irregularities including vote rigging, voter intimidation, cronyism and violence.
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Mr Fico's party is no stranger to scandal: two ministers and a parliament speaker in the outgoing government resigned over allegations of cronyism.
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People talk about cronyism, corporatism, the division between the 1 percent and the 99 percent and the threats of the military-industrial complex.
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Hydrologists such as Mr Thakkar are sceptical of big projects, open to massive cronyism, when simpler and environmentally sounder solutions are at hand.
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" The Ex-Im Bank faces opposition off Capitol Hill from dozens of conservative groups that say it is an example of "corporate cronyism.
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Ending the bankrupting of America and defeating cronyism—two areas where Ellmers was a dismal failure—are at the top of that list.
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Mr. Jahangiri and the president's brother, Hossein Fereydoun, stand accused of nepotism and cronyism for placing relatives and friends in top executive positions.
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It forces belt tightening of multiple departments, with the steepest percentage point reductions coming from areas most marred by inefficiency, excess and cronyism.
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Trump's aggressive insistence on transactional, partisan cronyism has clearly inspired, in some quarters, renewed thinking about the purpose and value of loyalty itself.
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The history of Southern politics is a history of cronyism, and the situation is hardly better now — and hardly unique to the South.
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Dzu's success suggested an alternative to the politics of cronyism and horse-trading, demonstrating the potential to mobilize popular support through political ideals.
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Mr. Trump's use of presidential pardon powers smacks more flagrantly of cronyism than that of his predecessors, according to Chris Cillizza at CNN.
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To those tired of what they saw as cronyism and political dynasties, Modi's promise of economic reforms while restoring traditional Indian values appealed.
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It ran political opinions, gossip and investigative pieces about the country's elite, peppered with caustic allegations against politicians of financial corruption and cronyism.
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The controversy is another headache for Finance Minister Aso and Abe, whose ratings have been hit by scandals over suspected cronyism and cover-ups.
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Protesters gathered anew in city centres around Algeria demanding root-and-branch reforms - including political pluralism and crackdowns on corruption and cronyism, witnesses said.
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Unfortunately, backroom deals and cronyism between political appointees and mining lobbyists have left us with no choice but to petition the courts for relief.
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A new budget reminded voters just what a fiscal mess he has inherited from his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, under whom graft and cronyism thrived.
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But cronyism, not competition, has been the surest route to riches, even after the partial dismantling of the "licence raj" nearly three decades ago.
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The issue is a top domestic priority for premier Shinzo Abe, whose support has been undermined by scandals over suspected cronyism and cover-ups.
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Kihara attended the G20 meeting on behalf of Finance Minister Taro Aso, who stayed in Japan to address parliament over a suspected cronyism scandal.
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Investors fret Abe's long-running cronyism scandal could attract more attention as the Ministry of Finance is due to release related documents on Thursday.
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She promises to crackdown on graft, cronyism and everyday illegality like fare-dodging and double-parking that have become the norm in dilapidated Rome.
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Cronyism, handouts to special interests and runaway spending are no way to change the trajectory of our country and get America back on track.
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But what's stayed consistent, many Lebanese say, is entrenched corruption, cronyism and political deadlock that's prevented the government from fixing its most pressing problems.
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Instead, she assumes that former industry leaders will fall prey to cronyism — a theme that pervades the movies, but has little basis in history.
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Abe is not wildly popular, although his ratings have recovered from lows of about 30 percent earlier this year amid accusations of cronyism scandals.
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"This situation reeks of corruption and cronyism," said Representative Tim Walz, Democrat of Minnesota and the ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
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But the money that has rejuvenated Ukraine's military has opened avenues for the graft and cronyism that many see as the country's biggest enemy.
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But his edifice of power turned out to be fragile and dated, built on strong-arm rule, cronyism and an alliance with the West.
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But his edifice of power turned out to be fragile and dated, built on strong-arm rule, cronyism and an alliance with the West.
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Protesters gathered anew in city centers around Algeria demanding root-and-branch reforms - including political pluralism and crackdowns on corruption and cronyism, witnesses said.
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His sons joined him in the dock, accused of having embezzled millions of dollars and having overseen a vast system of cronyism and graft.
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But, the biggest and ugliest secret lies below the surface in the rampant postal cronyism that disproportionately benefits e-commerce giants such as Amazon.
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Mr. Fereydoun, a former ambassador to Malaysia, has long been considered a potential political vulnerability for Mr. Rouhani over allegations of nepotism and cronyism.
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Park was removed from office on March 10 after South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld a decision to impeach her over allegations of corruption and cronyism.
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He also warned against cronyism in public administration and said that recruitment should be transparent and based on competence and qualifications, not on personal connections.
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His approval rating at the end of 2018 exceeded 60 percent after reforms he proposed to uproot entrenched corruption cronyism easily passed a national referendum.
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The former opposition leader was swept to power by a peaceful revolution driven by mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
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According to the World Bank, Hungary has grown more corrupt under its prime minister, Viktor Orban, who has used cronyism to entrench his Fidesz party.
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That Trumponomics is a business wishlist helps explain why critics on the left have laid into its poor distributional consequences, fiscal indiscipline and potential cronyism.
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In July, across the Black Sea, Romanians and Bulgarians also staged demonstrations: the former over police incompetence and the latter over cronyism in the judiciary.
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The demonstrations, driven by public anger over perceived political cronyism and corruption, looked to have peaked on Monday when Serzh Sarksyan quit as prime minister.
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"For too long both parties have gotten drunk drinking from the cup of corporate welfare and cronyism," said Brent Gardner, head of government for AFP.
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Bulgaria have failed to qualify for a major tournament since 2004 while Mihaylov's tenure has been marred by cronyism allegations, which he has consistently denied.
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Opponents say it smacks of the cronyism under the junta, when lucrative contracts were routinely doled out to a small group of well-connected businessmen.
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A federal appeals court Friday revived a lawsuit from a battery maker who accused the Department of Energy (DOE) of "cronyism" in a loan decision.
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This is completely true, but also glosses over the extent to which cronyism and corruption contributed in well-documented ways to each of those fiascos.
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A possible explanation for the mild improvement in the index is that cronyism was just a phase that the globalising world economy was going through.
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Frustrated with cronyism and corruption, Ukrainians took to the streets in 2013-2014 in a pro-European uprising that swept the current leadership to power.
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"The American people deserve so much better than the culture of corruption, cronyism, and incompetence that is pervasive at Administrator Pruitt's EPA," she said. Rep.
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Having the U.S. federal government move the goalposts after the game begins reeks of political cronyism and will inevitably lead to years of protracted litigation.
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Twenty-four years later, the industry is still not competitive, but thanks to well paid lobbyists, this brand of corporate cronyism is alive and well.
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"Her vow to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to organizations that perform abortions — a truly perverse example of cronyism — surely helped seal the deal," he wrote.
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Directing tens of billions of dollars to energy companies without a good policy justification is going to open up this administration to charges of cronyism.
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"It's not just their role as centres of global money laundering: it's the cronyism and corruption that has allowed this to happen," said the statement.
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Alongside this belching motorcade of backroom dealing and cronyism rides the nuclear industry, which stands to benefit from the NOPR more or less by accident.
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Cronyism reigned, and, as with most private clubs, the council functioned largely as a status symbol, and occasionally as a lever to enact petty agendas.
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Pashinyan, the former opposition leader, became prime minister in May after the Republican Party was toppled following weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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Big protests are among the few means the opposition has to stand up for democratic principles and decry the government's epic economic mismanagement and cronyism.
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Those projects also made the president's immediate circle of family and political allies fantastically rich through a system of kickbacks and cronyism, his opponents charge.
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"These are allegations of abuse of power, subversion of due process, cronyism and nepotism," Kirsten Han, an activist and journalist, wrote in a popular blog.
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She frequently accused Prime Minister Joseph Muscat; his chief of staff, Keith Schembri; and Malta's energy minister, Konrad Mizzi, of cronyism, kickbacks and other transgressions.
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Al Sharpton, and to those who saw Sharpton's bombastic public persona and rallies as the worst kind of spectacle, McCray's pick looked like left-wing cronyism.
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One reference was to Akie's visit to the school at the heart of a suspected cronyism scandal, according to the documents seen by Reuters on Monday.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - About half of Japanese voters don't support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration amid suspected cronyism and cover-up, opinion polls by Japanese media showed.
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Last year, L Brands took what seemed like significant steps to address its lack of diverse views and persistent claims of board cronyism with Mr. Wexner.
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Control Risks and Oxford Economics forecast a 470,000-bpd fall as PDVSA's unexperienced management struggle to reverse low investment, cronyism, lack of payment, and equipment theft.
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Cronyism, ludicrous tort law, local monopolies by hospitals, and a dense mesh of rules and restrictions create a "cost disease" that wastes $1 trillion a year.
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Ms Appendino inherited a city competently administered by the outgoing mayor; Ms Raggi took over one deep in debt, racked by scandal and notorious for cronyism.
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Of course a healthy, competitive economy requires an effective government—to enforce antitrust rules, to stamp out today's excessive lobbying and cronyism, to tackle climate change.
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Except for the two directors, the board has the same members as before, with the same smell of cronyism; Musk's brother Kimbal still holds a seat.
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It was during his 22 years as prime minister that the party's reputation for cronyism, high-handedness and pandering to the ethnic-Malay majority was honed.
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But when he began resisting Dr Mahathir's unorthodox response to the Asian financial crisis and, much worse, denouncing cronyism, Dr Mahathir had him beaten and jailed.
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Claims of cronyism, he says, are "political", and there are no rules barring politicians' friends or relatives from public procurement, if they provide high-quality work.
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And that isn't even getting into the web of obfuscations, cronyism and incompetence that has tainted the Trump team from the earliest days of the campaign.
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The KMT's once-mighty machine, built on cash and cronyism, has hit the buffers; it faces a Herculean task to reinvent itself along more modern lines.
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And for workers in the Rust Belt, it means living free from corporate cronyism and deals that get cut without working people's interests at the table.
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The prime responsibility for this lies with national governments, many of which should do more to make their finances transparent and their safeguards against cronyism stringent.
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"Who would have imagined that backward ideologies, cronyism and rising religious extremism in Turkey would lead to a crumbling and vulnerable technical infrastructure?" the website says.
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Permitting market competition might be an inconvenience to them, but it is the only way to cut down on cronyism and force contractors to maximize performance.
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The four-member panel, in a 70-page report issued last Friday, said that a "patriarchal culture of favoritism and cronyism" had allowed "impunity and retaliation".
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Whether that will help end Mexico's culture of cronyism and graft will depend largely on journalists being able to investigate and report about the ruling class.
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But freedom to spend money on political speech is not the cause of cronyism any more than freedom of the press is the cause of libel.
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Public-sector unions have unjustly benefited from unconstitutional policies and cronyism for generations, but thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in Janus, that will soon change.
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Tokyo stocks also continue to be pressured by a cronyism scandal that has gripped the country and sparked a political crisis for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Perhaps the bigger hurdle our intrepid heroes face, however, is good ol' fashioned political cronyism and party loyalty, which ensures that the conservatives won't break rank.
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The issue isn't gender per se, or even diversity of race or social type; it is the ability to think beyond the cronyism of closed circles.
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By the end of the 18th century the company's cruelty and cronyism caused outrage in London, and the British government began to exercise more direct oversight.
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At its core lie America's earlier investments in an unholy group of Afghan strongmen, corrupt political leaders and useful idiots, which created an elaborate corrupt cronyism.
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For years it has been a political punching bag for conservatives who have called it a tool of corporate cronyism and a meddler in free markets.
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Most of them have now quit, charging that their efforts to combat cronyism and graft have been stymied at every step by entrenched officials and tycoons.
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Its support has waned due to widespread political cronyism, though many Angolans remain loyal to the party that ended 27 years of civil war in 2002.
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Luzhkov and his second wife, Elena Baturina, who controlled a huge construction company which played a role in Moscow's transformation, denied allegations of cronyism or corruption.
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Mr. Cruz was asked Wednesday if his background represented a "conflict of interest" for someone whose campaign is premised in part on a populist crusade against cronyism.
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But Mr. Bedzhamov's disappearance shows the risks of this system, and it has refocused attention on the entanglement of sports with corruption and cronyism among Russia's elite.
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"Hillary Clinton's choice of Tim Kaine does nothing to unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and cronyism," said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
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Policies that boost competition and attack cronyism make sense, but the risk is that under Mr Trump they spiral into a nastier, populist confrontation with big business.
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Former law professor Mutharika, 78, oversaw infrastructure improvements and a slowdown in inflation in his first five-year term, but critics accuse him of corruption and cronyism.
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Opposition leader Pashinyan was elected prime minister by Armenia's parliament on May 8, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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The market reaction was largely muted despite a fall in public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following suspicions of his involvement in a cronyism scandal.
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Cynthia Gabriel, director of the Malaysian Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), said the fact that the Malaysian government has not requested the funds complicated matters.
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Four day's of protests have been the biggest show of dissent in decades against the country's ruling elite which is strained by claims of corruption and cronyism.
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It is apparent that many are fed up with the political and economic cronyism that Park and her father made a core part of the presidential office.
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For free market conservatives, the foundational cracks have leaked to the point of high water — resulting in lost economic liberty, immeasurable inefficiencies, unmanageable public debt, and cronyism.
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Limnia sued in the District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that the rejection was based on "cronyism" and politics, not the merits of the application.
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The summit comes amid mounting discontent over Abe's alleged involvement in two cronyism scandals and reports of a cover-up over Japanese soldiers in the Iraq War.
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This threat of cronyism and manipulation of the markets and exemption process prompted Cause of Action Institute, a government watchdog organization I lead, to launch an investigation.
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Support, after all, would affirm that cronyism is fine, central planning is better than free markets, and faith in individuals doesn't extend to placing faith in farmers.
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State lawmakers across the country should move immediately to end CON laws and other cronyism policies that contribute to the unsustainable rising costs of access and care.
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Cynthia Gabriel, director of the Malaysian Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C13), said the fact that the Malaysian government has not requested the funds complicated matters.
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Tokyo, Japan: Tens of thousands of protestors demonstrated outside of Japanese parliament this weekend to urge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to resign over cronyism scandals, per Bloomberg.
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He won voters' support by offering a clean and all-embracing administration, tapping into a general weariness with the governing party and complaints of corruption and cronyism.
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Deals are often struck without any open tenders, creating opportunities for cronyism and kickbacks, and lending credence to accusations that projects bankrolled by China are sometimes overpriced.
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There was also an upsurge in cronyism, with many key posts going to people with dubious qualifications but close political and/or business ties to top officials.
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The Trump administration's corruption and cronyism, treatment of certain minority groups, and disregard for the free press echo Hitler's war on truth - and Voldemort's war on muggles.
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But revulsion at the cronyism and the decrepitude of major-party politics can't be what's driving Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, two eminent members of the establishment.
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Its support has waned due to political cronyism, though many Angolans remain loyal to the party that emerged victorious from 27 years of civil war in 2002.
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Even with Trump's own vulnerability on cronyism and a slew of ethics issues, some Democrats may be looking for a candidate without even the whiff of scandal.
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" Lee argued that the agency should be eliminated because it "fosters cozy relationships between political and economic insiders" and is "a breeding ground for cronyism and corruption.
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The broader Topix rose 1.51 percent, with gains seen across all of the index's 33 sectors despite developments related to a possible cronyism scandal in the country.
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And so for the most part, opponents of action — generally far-right coalitions fueled by a mix of fossil-fuel cronyism and populist ethnonationalism — don't assail it.
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"There is a cabal of cronyism operating within the NRA and that exists within the board of directors," West, now in his second term on the board, wrote.
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Cynthia Gabriel, director of the Kuala Lumpur-based Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), said there was "enough substance" for MACC to reopen the case on 1MDB.
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The whiffs of Smith's corporate cronyism have been there from the start, as he worked for a law firm that represented the likes of Equifax, Facebook, and Uber.
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However, critics accuse him of cronyism and failing to tackle graft in the southern African nation, which is frequently beset by droughts and depends heavily on foreign aid.
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If new Trump projects are subject to claims of conflicts and cronyism, global banks that are exposed to litigation and congressional hearings in America may not stump up.
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CM: Zelensky has had to deal with allegations of corruption himself, of cronyism and besides himself being a new face, actually surrounding himself with some controversial older faces.
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Scott Walker has signed a sweeping bill that reworks Wisconsin's hiring and firing practices, brushing aside Democrats' complaints that the measure will lead to cronyism in state agencies.
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Abe himself has been embroiled in a suspected cronyism scandal, having had to repeatedly deny doing any favors to help a friend win approval for a veterinary school.
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Fears that the boardroom coup would drag down a comparatively well-managed institution in a sector marred by political meddling and cronyism now appear to have been justified.
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Earlier this week, speaking to lawmakers, Paris Police Chief Michel Delpuech denounced what he called "unhealthy cronyism" to explain Benalla&aposs apparent sway within France&aposs security apparatus.
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The see-saw is unbalanced, as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes Ukraine's desire to tip towards democracy and do away with cronyism as a slap in the face.
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Global Integrity, an NGO, says that though 43 of 54 African countries it follows have rules against cronyism, only Botswana tends to appoint bureaucrats based on "professional criteria".
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The real problem, Gado was led to believe, was a drawing of then-president, Jakaya Kikwete, half-naked, attended to by buxom women named Incompetence, Corruption and Cronyism.
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Electoral politics may be a mess this year, but if Congress puts an end to the culture of cronyism, we might have some nice surprises on the horizon.
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Though it would appear to be a local issue, it touches on a range of issues—deregulation, the environment, cronyism—that are playing out at the national level.
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Cronyism and self-dealing are going to be the central theme of this administration — in fact, Mr. Trump is already meeting with foreigners to promote his business interests.
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Cynthia Gabriel, director of the Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism, based in Malaysia, questioned the purpose of having an audit if the findings were to be kept secret.
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ObamaCare rules have been more about wishful thinking, power, and cronyism than patient welfare or any realistic commitment to policies known to improve health care cost and quality.
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Editorial Cronyism, corruption and scandal have swirled around Jacob Zuma since before he became president of South Africa in May 2009, and the muck has only deepened since.
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This latest move by the governing party sent protesters to the streets to demand Ms. Rousseff's resignation and to express their outrage at what amounts to blatant cronyism.
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And Ukraine approved long-stalled legislation to create an independent anticorruption court, which could help unblock foreign aid frozen over Kiev's failure to tackle endemic graft and cronyism.
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But the local Fidesz leadership faced accusations of cronyism, often in the distribution of European Union funding, that, as in the rest of the country, have grown louder.
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"One Nation After Trump" devotes considerable space to tackling the unprecedented nature of Trump's election and presidency — his vulgarity, racism, authoritarianism, cronyism and reverence for America's longtime enemies.
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Demonstrators were rallying against endemic corruption and cronyism, which they blame on "confessionalism," a system of government introduced by the US that divides power based on sectarian affiliation.
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This kind of cronyism, through which taxpayer money is used to advance private business interests in what is euphemistically called a "public-private partnership," has become disturbingly common.
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Instead, it now looks increasingly likely that Congress will pass another "budget deal" that would preserve wasteful spending on programs that perpetuate cronyism and feed the federal bureaucracy.
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The case has renewed attention on the cronyism that persists between members of the French elite and African leaders and on both parties' mercantile ambitions in Francophone Africa.
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The freeing of one of the Arab world's most notorious strongman leaders, a longtime American ally accused of cronyism and corruption, would be a landmark in Egyptian history.
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People tend to forget the extent to which the last Republican administration was also characterized by cronyism, the appointment of unqualified but well-connected people to key positions.
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Gavin Newsom and other Democratic leaders can push to create a company free from what critics say has been a culture of cronyism between regulators and the regulated.
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Some saw cronyism and political loyalty tests at work; others saw him simply engaging in the traditional patronage that is necessary to get legislation through the City Council.
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And now Democrats are establishing that their campaign against Trump will be focused on corruption and cronyism in his administration and in the Republican Party as a whole.
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A controversial $300 million contract awarded to a tiny Montana energy company to repair storm-damaged electricity lines in Puerto Rico was canceled Sunday amid concerns of cronyism.
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According to GAN Integrity: "Political corruption constitutes a challenge to fair business as politicians use their positions to gain benefits, and practices of nepotism and cronyism are widespread."
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And because the United States represents a free market economy that respects property rights, rather than one of gross cronyism, we are unable and unwilling to respond in kind.
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But the new government will reproduce the same cronyism unless it "breaks the pattern of party control of the state", says Florian Bieber, a political scientist at Graz University.
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Abe's support rates fell earlier this year due to suspected cronyism scandals and many voters' perception that he had grown complacent and arrogant after nearly five years in office.
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The 63-year-old Abe called the poll amid opposition disarray and an uptick in approval ratings that had slid due to a series of scandals over suspected cronyism.
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See CNN Philippines election coverage Family legacy So far, he's shrugged off his controversial family history -- including claims of human rights violations, cronyism and corruption during his father's rule.
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The constitutional amendments would suspend the powers of seven judges who were appointed before a peaceful revolution against corruption and cronyism which brought Pashinyan to power two years ago.
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His support has sunk below 30 percent in some polls, hit by scandals over suspected cronyism and the view of many voters that he was taking them for granted.
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The government has stopped the most blatant forms of cronyism, such as handing out the right to import certain goods duty-free to those with friends in high places.
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Although power-sharing among the ruling family has kept the kingdom united, rule by elderly monarchs and a corrupt system of cronyism, or wasta, has made change agonisingly slow.
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" The earmark proposals upset several conservative groups, including Heritage Action for America, Club for Growth and Senate Conservatives Action, which called the practice an avenue for "cronyism and corruption.
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Pashinyan was elected as Armenia's new prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Despite years of annual economic growth of around 7 percent that have helped transform Cambodia from a failed state, popular anger has grown over inequality and accusations of cronyism.
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The suspected cronyism scandals have sparked opposition calls for Abe to resign and cloud his chances of a third term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, and hence premier.
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The program is typical of the same political cronyism that has left Puerto Rico with billions of dollars in debts and sowed the seeds of its ongoing fiscal woes.
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When it comes to an emerging technology as potentially revolutionary as autonomous vehicles, we should guard against the potential for cronyism and regulatory capture as firmly as we can.
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As for the cronyism: Whitefish Energy — a Montana-based company with personal ties to Ryan Zinke, Trump's interior secretary — received a $300 million contract last year to restore power.
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An increasing government role in the economy has led to charges of cronyism and corruption, with critics complaining of insiders becoming fabulously wealthy on government contracts and sweetheart deals.
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The new leader will contend with issues including cronyism and a nuclear North Korea from the Blue House, above, the sprawling presidential palace and executive offices in central Seoul.
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Mr. el-Sisi, in sunglasses, walked alongside Mr. Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, once reviled as symbols of the elite cronyism that shadowed Mr. Mubarak's last years of rule.
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From the Blue House, the sprawling presidential palace and executive offices in central Seoul, the next leader will contend with issues including cronyism and the North Korean nuclear threat.
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Salah also said a fight against corruption and cronyism, among protesters' main grievances, would continue and that he disagreed with some officials who said this was not a priority.
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The IMF decision also is a positive example for Ukraine's corruption-plagued neighbors, Hungary and Moldova, both of which have been lurching lately toward Russia and its economic cronyism.
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The bank has become a popular target for conservatives, who worked in Congress to kill the institution, arguing that it perpetuates cronyism and does little to create American jobs.
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Bouchareb bowed out three months after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned under pressure from sustained protests seeking root-and-branch reform and an end to systemic corruption and cronyism.
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South Africa's president fired a critic of cronyism — now 743 percent of the country wants him to resign South Africa's president fired a critic of cronyism — now 70 percent of the country wants him to resign CAPE TOWN — South African President Jacob Zuma is facing massive protests and public backlash after he abruptly axed finance minister Pravin Gordhan last week, infuriating business leaders and citizens, and plunging the South African rand into a free fall.
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Damning report The 355-page State of Capture report contained allegations, and in some instances evidence, of cronyism, questionable business deals and ministerial appointments at the very top of government.
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Second, as long as the state continues to exert a heavy-handed influence on the economy, these vestiges of the "License Raj" will create huge scope for cronyism and corruption.
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The year-long stand-off was seen as a test for Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018 after mass protests against corruption and cronyism resulted in a peaceful revolution.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized on Monday after the finance ministry acknowledged it had altered documents related to a suspected cronyism scandal, adding that he felt responsibility.
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Former law professor Mutharika, 79, oversaw infrastructure improvements and a slowdown in inflation in his first five-year term, but critics accuse him of cronyism and failing to tackle graft.
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Parts of the state have been so hollowed out by cronyism and corruption under the presidency of Jacob Zuma that they fail woefully to look after its most vulnerable people.
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Despite a co-ordinated effort from the federal government and the American army to restore electricity, the underlying infrastructure, subjected to decades of theft, incompetence and cronyism, was barely functioning.
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His party's candidate, Yasmin Rashid, a gynaecologist, came a creditable second after roundly condemning the Sharif family for their aloofness, their lack of respect for the army and their cronyism.
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Pelosi is the queen of this kind of cronyism and will be a useful foil for Republicans as they fight to cut wasteful spending and return those resources to taxpayers.
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Distributionist economics—whether based in explicit socialism, punitive taxation, cronyism, subsidization, or protectionism—promotes divisiveness and violent competition among groups clinging tightly to their meager pieces of a shrinking pie.
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A broadband deployment advisory council created by the FCC to help shore up the nation's broadband coverage gaps has been plagued by scandal, resignations, and accusations of telecom sector cronyism.
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He allowed the principles to which the Founding Fathers subscribed our nation of a limited federal government with little power to be trumped by his interest in advancing corporate cronyism.
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East Asia has the lion's share of Schumpeterian billionaires, whereas Latin America still has a disproportionate share of inheritors, and South Asia and eastern Europe a continuing problem with cronyism.
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In Russia the fall of communism led to crony capitalism; in the Arab world partial liberalisation in the 1990s brought first cronyism, then popular resentment that eventually brought down regimes.
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The bank has become a popular target for conservatives, who have worked in Congress to kill the bank, arguing that it perpetuates cronyism and does little to create American jobs.
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" Four years later, Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, made a similar complaint: "Elites in Washington should NOT be picking winners & losers—that's a recipe for a closed economy—for cronyism.
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Nonetheless, what has been consistent over the past decade, many Lebanese citizens say, is entrenched corruption, cronyism and political deadlock that's prevented the government from fixing its most pressing problems.
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The issue could become another headache for Finance Minister Taro Aso and for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose ratings have been hit by scandals over suspected cronyism and cover-ups.
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The yen was little changed at 106.01 per dollar, with traders wary of any new developments in a cronyism scandal that has eroded support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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For a small example of how ObamaCare cronyism increases costs, one needs to go no farther than the Affordable Care Act's change to Section 1848 of the Social Security Laws.
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But corruption, cronyism and a severe economic crisis thanks to a fall in the price of oil have weakened its support and opposition parties had expected to make larger gains.
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But Washington was disappointed to find that Mr. Karzai, rather than rising above the problems of corruption and cronyism that had beset Afghanistan, established an inner circle that embodied them.
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It's conceivable that this would be done only in cases where the private sector really would do better, and contracts would be handed out fairly, without a hint of cronyism.
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For weeks, millions of protesters filling Algeria's streets have demanded the end of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20-year rule, as well as the "System" of cronyism and corruption he oversaw.
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No one knows, in part because there haven't been many examples of rich countries that have turned away from democracy and open capitalism and toward cronyism led by a strongman.
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Since the first trial, however, Mr. Bonomo, who is cooperating with prosecutors, has been forced from his management position by state regulators amid charges of self-dealing, mismanagement and cronyism.
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The new leader will contend with issues such as cronyism and a nuclear North Korea from the Blue House, above, the sprawling presidential palace and executive offices in central Seoul.
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These are proposals that eliminate the cronyism, backroom deals, and hidden contracts that artificially inflate costs, and that preserve and expand choice and the important relationship between doctors and patients.
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The South African president, long a target of corruption allegations, was under growing criticism for supposedly allowing the Guptas to influence government appointments and securing lucrative government contracts through cronyism.
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"Huge network of secret deal-making, corruption and cronyism" has helped prop up Cambodia's self-styled strongman, who has led the country for more than three decades, the group said.
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The demonstrations forced veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power in April, and led an army-backed government to start a crackdown on alleged corruption and cronyism among his closest allies.
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Trump's transactional approach to trade — along with his protectionism for chosen manufacturers — suggests a trade policy guided more by favoritism, photo ops and corporate cronyism than the broader national interest.
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Public backlash over suspected cronyism on the part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed support for the 62 year-old to under 30 percent — his lowest level ever.
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Cronyism was at the center of a 212 state criminal trial in which Mr. Gibson was charged with conspiring to create a no-show job for a former city councilman.
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Abe's support ratings have slid over a suspected cronyism scandal and possible cover-up regarding a discounted sale of state-owned land to a school operator with ties to his wife.
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YEREVAN (Reuters) - The mayor of the Armenian capital Yerevan resigned on Monday, two months after his party was ousted from national power following weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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These two things can exist at the same time, but among the lessons of past year is that we need to interrogate how power and cronyism in the entertainment business works.
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Shinzo Abe overcame cronyism scandals to win a third term as leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and is thus on course to become the country's longest-serving prime minister.
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He campaigned for the job by promising to strip the office of politics and cronyism — making it a place that attracted "the best and the brightest" employees, regardless of party affiliation.
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The party was long tangled in the web of cronyism, corruption and vested interests (ranging from oligarchs to the coddled armed forces) that left Greece uncompetitive, administratively dysfunctional and, ultimately, bankrupt.
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Concerns about Mr Orban's steady centralisation of political and economic power, as well as the corruption and cronyism that has allegedly thrived under his government, had little impact on the result.
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Though the crisis was triggered by the killing of Mr Kuciak and Ms Kusnirova, both 27, it exposed deep-seated frustration with Mr Fico's governing style, and cronyism in his party.
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This may advance the field somewhat, but it's also a good way to sustain hopeless businesses, crowd out private investment, encourage cronyism, inflate bubbles, and generally make a hash of things.
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But Renzi, who took office two years ago vowing to end the cronyism that has often marred Italian politics, said he did not believe in conspiracies when asked about Boschi's comments.
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These proposed administrative actions, and others that have provoked questions of legality, cronyism, controversy, and constitutionality, should be considered with strict scrutiny to identify the precedents set for presidents to come.
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The rallies started after Dusko Knezevic, a former ally of Djukanovic, accused him and his ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of corruption, cronyism, abuse of office and murky financial deals.
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They were brought in as part of a drive to eliminate entrenched corruption and improve transparency in a country riven by cronyism, economic mismanagement and a separatist war in eastern Ukraine.
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The political mainstream, both left and right of center, can be relatively resilient, though it needs to demonstrate reasonable openness to new ideas and new people, avoiding an air of cronyism.
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We deserve and demand a higher degree of transparency and accountability in government, as well as formal checks and balances, to prevent corruption and cronyism at every step of every process.
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It means rewriting tax and regulatory law to stop discouraging domestic investment and squelching job creation, while also attacking the corporate cronyism that gives special treatment to wealthy and entrenched interests.
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The allegation is the latest twist in a scandal surrounding the resignation of Aivaras Abromavicius in February, which underlined Ukraine's struggle to eliminate cronyism and implement reforms demanded by Western creditors.
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Japan's government is preparing for its annual announcement of guidelines for economic and fiscal policy, but the government has been distracted by allegations of cronyism that have hurt Abe's approval ratings.
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Protestors took the streets around the world this weekend — over cronyism in Japan, the detention of separatist leaders in Spain, authoritarianism in Hungary, rape scandals in India and airstrikes in Syria.
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Why it matters: The alleged cronyism scandal emerged last year after a school operator with ties to Abe's wife was able to buy a plot of land at a huge discount.
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The JGB market showed little reaction as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Aso Taro came under renewed fire over suspicions of cronyism involving sale of state-owned land.
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But the questions surrounding Mr. Cain, who made his loyalty to the president clear with his creation of a political action committee to combat misinformation about Mr. Trump, go beyond cronyism.
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This cronyism explains how the steel industry is directly involved in deciding which companies do or don't receive exemptions from the steel tariffs and why so few exemptions have been granted.
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Warren is smarter than I'll ever be, and so I'm always saddened when I see her cranking out lazy one-liners and editorials about Wall Street greed and big-bank cronyism.
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On Venezuela, what you're likelier to read is that the crisis is the product of corruption, cronyism, populism, authoritarianism, resource-dependency, U.S. sanctions and trickery, even the residues of capitalism itself.
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Whether they were created by cronyism or genius, if extraordinary profits are maintained for many years with no sign of new entrants, it is a clue that competition may not be working.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar eased versus the yen on Monday, as traders worried that a suspected cronyism scandal in Japan involving the sale of state-owned land could dampen investors' risk appetites.
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The arrest is one in a series under Armenia's new prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, a former opposition leader, who was elected in May after weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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YEREVAN (Reuters) - Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Armenia's prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Trump has been hounded by controversies linked to an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and Abe is struggling with declining popularity because of scandals over suspected cronyism.
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They worried too about the kinds of cronyism it might encourage if American industries worked out that they could lobby for other governments to be pushed into buying more of their stuff.
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And some see the victory of the PSD, which promised to raise the minimum wage and increase pension payments, as a sign that anger at cronyism is giving way to economic concerns.
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Is it accurate to refer to Hollywood as a whole—a tremendously moneyed industry that often faces derision and charges of elitism, cronyism, and nepotism—as a place where outsiders truly thrive?
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The future of two of the biggest companies in Latin America, both symbols of national sovereignty with a history of cronyism and corruption, is about as clear as a barrel of oil.
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Some aspects of the overall relief effort have been criticized for poor planning and cronyism but because the ad does not specifically say how Haitians were "exploited," we can't issue a verdict.
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After the image of Najib as a clown, Fahmi also portrayed Mahathir as a clown, for the years of autocratic rule and alleged cronyism during his previous reign between 1981 and 2003.
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Snoop is pissed about what he sees as cronyism ... and because his friend Stanley "Tookie" Williams -- a famous leader of the Crips -- died by lethal injection in San Quentin Prison in 2005.
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Next door in Cambodia, the flagrant cronyism from which key Chinese businessmen profit may prompt a backlash as soon as the ageing and thuggish ruler, Hun Sen, is seen to be ailing.
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Protests have been driven by youth demanding the removal of a ruling elite seen by many as out of touch with ordinary Algerians and unable to revive an economy riven by cronyism.
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Many liberal Serbs hate Mr Vucic for his authoritarianism and cronyism: the fact that a symbol of European normality has reopened on his watch is a bitter pill for them to swallow.
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Abe's ratings had sunk below 30 percent in some surveys in July, battered by suspected cronyism scandals and a perception that he had grown arrogant after more than four years in office.
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This is a thoroughly shitty future, but like the cyberpunk of the 1980s, it's also built on the foundations of our own world, on our own social stratification and increasing corporate cronyism.
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"On occasion, Bernie comes up with libertarian views when he talks about taking away the cronyism on Wall Street, so in essence he's right, and occasionally he voted against war," Paul added.
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Across the public sector in Turkey — the economy, education and labor — opponents of Mr. Erdogan say that his authoritarian management style and cronyism within the ruling party are undermining confidence and performance.
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While Mr. Chávez was not wrong to see his country's political and business establishments as riven with cronyism and graft, he took them on with presidential decrees that consolidated power for himself.
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Meanwhile, between terrorist attacks, a failed coup attempt and what many experts say was unsustainable borrowing, cronyism and huge public works projects with little economic return, Turkey's economy ground to a halt.
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During that period Kuczynski faced major protests against his plan to privatize electricity companies, as well as accusations of cronyism when he sought changes to gas laws that benefited an old employer.
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Mr. Mutharika, 79, a former law professor, oversaw infrastructure improvements and a slowdown in inflation in his first five-year term, but critics accuse him of cronyism and failing to tackle graft.
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Japan's government is preparing for its annual announcement of guidelines for economic and fiscal policy, but the government has been distracted by allegations of cronyism that have hurt Mr. Abe's approval ratings.
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Judy Downs, the executive director of the Polk County Democrats — who is not on the State Central Committee — said in an interview that she had been worried about the appearance of cronyism.
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"The government will need to prove it is free of the cronyism and incompetence of Zuma's government despite these remnants," Craig Botham, chief emerging markets economist with Schroders Investment Management told CNBC.
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In the Trump era, one of the few things that both sides of the aisle can agree on is distaste for cronyism, especially when it is the government picking winners and losers.
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Thousands of protesters gathered anew in city centers around Algeria demanding root-and-branch reforms - including political pluralism and crackdowns on corruption and cronyism, witnesses said, and more were expected after Friday prayers.
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Views that Japan's political scandal could deepen was also seen lifting the yen, with a key figure in a cronyism scandal gripping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to testify in parliament on Tuesday.
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What remains to be addressed though are current and former workers' assertions about Tesla's management, which has been described by current and former employees as rife with cronyism and unwilling to address grievances.
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Many protesters want a new generation of leaders to replace an elderly, secretive ruling elite seen by many as out of touch and unable to jump-start a faltering economy hampered by cronyism.
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"It suggests Aung San Suu Kyi's government is serious about reform and could help turn the page on the ruthless military rule, cronyism and human rights abuses of the recent past," Kubba said.
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The results are presented above for 22 economies: the five largest rich ones, the ten biggest for which reliable data are available and a selection of other countries where cronyism is a problem.
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Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte, the front-runner to win the presidential election in the Philippines on May 9th, hope he will open up a feudal political system that has allowed cronyism to flourish.
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Thousands of protesters gathered anew in city centres around Algeria demanding root-and-branch reforms - including political pluralism and crackdowns on corruption and cronyism, witnesses said, and more were expected after Friday prayers.
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Abe's support had sunk below 30 percent in some polls in July, battered by suspected cronyism scandals and perceptions among voters that he had become arrogant after more than four years in office.
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Abe's ratings have taken a hit because of several scandals over suspected cronyism and cover-ups, with a steady stream of new allegations raising doubts about how long he can stay in power.
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Abe's image as a strong leader has bolstered his ratings amid the North Korea crisis and overshadowed opposition criticism of the premier for suspected cronyism scandals that eroded his support earlier this year.
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Australia has given "God powers" to its immigration ministers, legal experts said, allowing Mr. Dutton to make Australia's already opaque border control and immigration system even more vulnerable to cronyism, secrecy and abuse.
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Her bill would simply do away with the opportunity zones by striking the relevant provisions from the 2017 tax bill, rather than tinkering with an institution that by its very nature invites cronyism.
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This leaves open routes for cronyism, but also leaves crucial funding questions unanswered, such as what happens to projects that are socially vital but not privately profitable, like fixing Flint's lead-water pipes?
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Slovakia has prospered in the past decade, joining the euro zone and growing at one of the fastest rates in Europe, but many see Fico as having failed to fight graft and cronyism.
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But the U.S. food safety system is already notoriously fragmented, and these examples hardly suggest that the USDA's catfish inspection can be written off as "cronyism and shortsighted political maneuvering," as Siefring argues.
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LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron faced accusations of cronyism and rewarding failure on Monday over a leaked list of names put forward to receive some of Britain's highest honors following his resignation as prime minister.
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Promising an overhaul of public services, the former civic activist appears to have attracted younger, educated voters tired of unfinished reforms, graft and cronyism rife in Romania since the fall of communism in 1989.
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But in order to embrace that conclusion, one must first endorse the neo-liberalism of unfettered capitalism, the Reagan-Thatcher indictment of government as pathological, and the coarse cronyism of a wheeling-dealing presidency.
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The 355-page "State of Capture" report contains allegations, and in some instances evidence, of cronyism, questionable business deals and ministerial appointments, and other possible large-scale corruption at the very top of government.
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She bungled every controversy, real and imagined, apologizing only grudgingly when she was wrong (the private email server) and refusing to take seriously accusations of cronyism (the Clinton Foundation) even if they were overblown.
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The declaration system - whose launch was a key condition for further loans from Western backers - is designed to move away from a culture that tacitly allowed bureaucrats to amass wealth through cronyism and graft.
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Richard Russell, D-Georgia (a leader among conservative Southern Democrats), charges of cronyism, backlash over the Warren court's liberal rulings and a cloud swirling around Fortas advising Johnson after joining the court in 1965.
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The changes were proposed by the government led by former opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who was put in power by a parliamentary vote in May after weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
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Denouncing "corruption, crime and cronyism at the highest levels of state government," Mr. Hubbard created a sophisticated — some have said legally questionable — fund-raising machine to win control of the State House in 2010.
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Also, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is battling a suspected cronyism scandal, is seen as unlikely to push for an extension of the session for the casino bill that remains unpopular with the public.
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It allowed the city to finally create clear lines of authority in a byzantine bureaucracy that was riddled with cronyism; it was even unclear at times how many people were employed in the system.
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Ahead of Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is targeting John Kasich with a TV attack ad for the first time, suggesting that Mr. Kasich engaged in cronyism as Ohio's governor.
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But the reason the Ballpark in Arlington, as it used to be called, wasn't built with a roof in the first place encapsulates all the cronyism and corporate welfare endemic to America's stadium boom.
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But for many people who study cronyism in its purest form, usually seen in emerging economies with relatively weak adherence to rule of law, there are key distinguishing factors that mark a crony system.
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The prime minister had been expected to face a grilling over the cronyism scandals during a session of parliament from Thursday and opposition party officials saw the move as ploy to avoid difficult questions.
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Yet signs of widening inequality, as well as widespread reports of government corruption and cronyism, have weighed heavily on an economy that has been repeatedly hit by international sanctions over the last 40 years.
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In far-flung locales, from Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Venezuela and Algeria to Poland and Sudan, citizens have used nonviolent action to push back against corruption, cronyism and rigid laws and to overthrow ossified autocrats.
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"There is a lot of work to be done to undo the years of unbridled power," said Cynthia Gabriel, executive director of the nonprofit Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism, based in Kuala Lumpur.
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In the early days, he released political prisoners and preached unity — pushing many to think that he would change course from the ways of his predecessor by eliminating tribal cronyism and tackling rampant graft.
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If America is really serious about "draining the swamp" in Washington, then removing harmful policies and rent-seeking behaviors upon which corporate welfare and cronyism are built should be a high priority for Congress.
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Support for the prime minister has sunk below 30 percent in some polls, due to scandals over suspected cronyism and a view among many voters that he and his aides took them for granted.
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In the best light, the US government had the courage to fill a glaring gap in international law enforcement: no other country had the gumption or resources to tackle the cronyism rampant at FIFA.
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Whatever the president thought he was saying, his host country had every reason to hear them as a hint that a trade deal would bring Trump-style privatization and cronyism to British health care.
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Mubarak's release is a bitter reminder of Egypt's failed revolution, and the summation of Egyptian authorities' failure to hold the dictator accountable on vast charges ranging from human rights violations to corruption and cronyism.
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"Many Indian startups see Free Basics as a threat to a level playing field and fear that it could lead to distortions and cronyism," said Sumanth Raghavendra, founder of mobile startup Deck in Bangalore.
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Looked down as conservatives as simply bomb-throwers; a political establishment that for far too long has taken the votes of conservatives for granted; and a political establishment that has confused cronyism for capitalism.
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The former opposition leader was put in power by a parliamentary vote in May after weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism, but there have been no parliamentary elections since the revolution last spring.
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South Africa's finance minister, Nhlanhla Nene, resigned after testifying that he had met the Gupta family, which is at the centre of allegations of cronyism and "state capture", more often than he had previously disclosed.
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"Investors, of course, generally prefer an environment where rule of law is enforced, where they're safe from attack and extortion, and where they can compete on a level playing field free from cronyism," noted Orchard.
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"We are all living in the real world and are well aware that the judicial system is not clean, and bribery, and corruption and cronyism exist there," Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko told Reuters in January.
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Also on Wednesday, centrist President Martin Vizcarra announced he was replacing his interior minister after his government admitted that a judge at the center of a separate cronyism investigation had managed to flee to Spain.
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They confirm the cronyism and deep web of corruption that has allowed Russia's elite to retain wealth and power – potentially costing the country more than six times what the sanctions have, Galeotti wrote for Vox.
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Paradoxically, this civil-service training college was set up after the second world war, in order to enforce the meritocratic selection of top French mandarins and put an end to the cronyism of the past.
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However, his government has been dogged by accusations of cronyism and authoritarianism in recent years, and even the unions who were once his core support have soured on him as falling prices have crimped spending.
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Aramyan served as finance minister in the previous government led by former president Serzh Sarksyan, who stood down on April 23 following weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Loose job requirements leave plenty of room for cronyism: the new CEO of LOTOS Group, an oil company whose chief was axed last week, needs only a master's degree and five years of professional experience.
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The news outlet reported Monday that the Government Publishing Office, formerly known as the Government Printing Office, is the subject of an inspector general report that details allegations of cronyism and misuse of taxpayer dollars.
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PODGORICA (Reuters) - Thousands protested in Montenegro's capital Podgorica on Saturday, the fourth such rally in as many weeks, demanding that President Milo Djukanovic and his government resign over alleged corruption, cronyism and abuse of office.
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"Hillary Clinton's choice of Tim Kaine does nothing to unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and cronyism," Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said in a statement.
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On Wednesday, two Slovak officials named in the last report by the journalist, Jan Kuciak, who specialised in exposing fraud and cronyism, resigned from government positions pending the outcome of an investigation into his murder.
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Many of our readers said they wanted The Times to find more stories no one else would tell, and to propel conversation about hard to discuss subjects, from suicide to class, race, cronyism and gender.
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This measure puts a lot of faith in the transparency and competence of the legal systems of the member countries and opens the door to potential cronyism, unequal access to those systems and even corruption.
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The prime minister had been expected to face a grilling over the cronyism scandals during a session of parliament from Thursday and opposition party officials saw the move as a ploy to avoid difficult questions.
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The FTC task force's recent push to reform occupational licensing laws across the country will yield important benefits for consumers and workers, allowing markets and intelligent policymaking, rather than cronyism, to guide a dynamic economy.
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As the Fordham law professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman explains it, the story is really about cutting costs, weeding out cronyism and reining in radical Republican lawyers who wanted to aggressively enforce the policies of Reconstruction.
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Pope Benedict's sudden resignation in February 2013 brought to a climax one of the most turbulent periods in modern Vatican history, including the arrest of his butler for leaking documents that exposed corruption and cronyism.
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Over in Japan, the benchmark index Nikkei 20.1 alternated between being in the red and green before closing 20.4 higher despite fresh developments in a cronyism scandal that could hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government.
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Since he succeeded the leftist strongman Hugo Chávez in 2013, his mismanagement, cronyism and corruption, exacerbated by the drop in the price of oil, Venezuela's dominant source of revenue, have brought the country to ruin.
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"On the one hand it's cronyism at its best, on the other hand Giuliani is not a bad person when it comes to law enforcement," Urbelis told Motherboard, alluding to Giuliani's close relationship with police.
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In April 2018 mass protests against corruption and cronyism resulted in a peaceful revolution that propelled journalist-turned-politician Pashinyan to power with his authority as prime minister bolstered by an election win in December.
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Damning report The 355-page State of Capture report contains allegations, and in some instances evidence, of cronyism, questionable business deals and ministerial appointments, and other possible large scale corruption at the very top of government.
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It's not just the fact that Hillary made so much money from speeches to Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms, it's the secretive nature and cronyism that appears to be at play throughout her career.
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Urzua's resignation brings into the public eye deep differences over what constitutes conflicts of interest in the government, which Lopez Obrador says is ending the country's infamous levels of high-level corruption and cronyism in politics.
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"Tomorrow, we will stage no actions," Pashinyan, who has won a large following by accusing the ruling elite of corruption and cronyism, told tens of thousands of supporters gathered in a square in the capital, Yerevan.
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The protests have been driven by the country's youth and lawyers demanding the removal of a ruling elite seen by many as out of touch with ordinary Algerians and presiding over an economy riven by cronyism.
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However, some analysts believe Abe's electoral base could be undermined by voter distaste over suspected cronyism scandals and concerns about creating a political vacuum even as North Korea raises tensions with its nuclear and missile tests.
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We show results for 22 economies: the five largest rich ones, the ten biggest emerging ones for which reliable data are available and a selection of other countries where cronyism is a problem (see chart 3).
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The party which puts forward a credible platform of proposals aimed at eliminating cronyism will find themselves riding a populist wave that crosses existing party lines and builds a dominating popular and electoral majority of support.
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Evidence from Bruno Bezard, a treasury official involved in the case at the time, painted a picture of cronyism and string-pulling in Tapie's links with the government under Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency from 2007 to 2012.
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It was only when a trusted lieutenant, Maithripala Sirisena, defected to the opposition, bringing with him a slice of Sinhalese voters disgusted with the cronyism of the Rajapaksas' rule, that the older Mr Rajapaksa became vulnerable.
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The weekly East African apologized for the drawing depicting Kikwete being fed grapes by one of seven scantily-clad women, each representing what Mwampembwa saw as weaknesses in the Tanzania's government, such as corruption and cronyism.
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But it is also plausible that his bullying style leads to a darker form of capitalism, one characterized by cronyism and quid pro quos, where corporations singled out for shaming become vassals serving a capricious master.
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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's supreme court on Thursday remanded ex-prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal in custody over graft allegations, state TV said, in a crackdown on alleged corruption and cronyism among associates of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Cronyism has become a defining feature of Iraq's political system, which means even legitimate government businesses — like, say, state-run companies — serve more to get money to the right people than to do their actual jobs.
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Protect the Harvest is big agriculture unleashed, and if USDA works only for a discrete segment of the industry it will be the same kind of cronyism that mobilized so many following the 2008 financial crisis.
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Now, not only has Mr. Erdogan lost access to that source, but Mr. Imamoglu will have access to records that seem likely to detail potentially embarrassing cronyism and wasteful spending that have benefited the president's supporters.
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The last thing sensible lawmakers should want is to revert to the old system, with policies set by 32 community school districts whose earlier incarnations were distinguished by cronyism and corruption more than by pedagogical excellence.
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The , which tends to perform well when markets are anxious, gained as traders eyed a suspected cover-up of a cronyism scandal involving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his close ally, Finance Minister Taro Aso.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, battered by accusations of cronyism and other government missteps, slipped in three newspaper surveys published on Monday, as opposition parties demanded that his finance minister resign.
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The director of the Remain campaign during the EU referendum, Will Straw, has also been nominated for a CBE in the list, which is likely to reignite calls to scrap the list and allegations of cronyism.
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Even as she encourages more women to run for office, as she wrote for Cosmopolitan last October , her establishment cronyism prevents her from helping many women shatter the glass ceiling she tried and failed to shatter herself.
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Since April the currency has fallen by nearly a quarter, reflecting the weak price of oil, a crucial export, and concern about cronyism under Mr Najib (Malaysia ranks second, after Russia, in The Economist's crony-capitalism index).
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"These charges go to the very core of what ails Albany -- a lack of transparency, lack of accountability, and lack of principle joined with an overabundance of greed, cronyism and self-dealing," Bharara said at the time.
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What you will find is an extensive, meticulous tracking of just about every major player in politics from 1810 through 1844, a flurry of names, parties, factions, crosses, double-crosses, cronyism, patronage, and political wheeling and dealing.
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The yen, which tends to perform well when markets are anxious, gained as traders eyed a suspected cover-up of a cronyism scandal involving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his close ally, Finance Minister Taro Aso.
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Separately, two Slovak officials named in the last report of journalist Jan Kuciak, who specialized in exposing fraud and cronyism, said in a statement that they had resigned pending the outcome of the investigation into his murder.
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Political cronyism may explain why public-sector salaries tend to be higher than those in the private sector for low-level jobs but lower for senior grades, according to a study by CAF, a regional development bank.
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PODGORICA (Reuters) - Thousands marched through Montenegro's capital Podgorica on Saturday, the fifth such rally in two months, to demand the resignation of President Milo Djukanovic and his government over allegations of abuse of office, graft and cronyism.
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Some chefs, on and off the list, have asserted that lobbying plays a part in how the list is compiled; last year, a short-lived movement called Occupy50Best protested what it called the awards' cronyism and sexism.
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He also spurred a front-office overhaul that detonated the organization's culture of cronyism and precipitated a series of personnel moves that, so far, have recast the Oilers as an emerging power in the beastly Western Conference.
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After decades in which two parties took turns at the helm, voters in December backed upstart parties that promised a fresh start, relief from austerity and an end to the scandals and cronyism of the old guard.
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The veterinary schools affair, which emerged last year, is one of several suspected cronyism scandals and cover-ups eroding Abe's support as he eyes a third term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader in a September vote.
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Abe's support ratings have plummeted in recent months after being implicated in two cronyism scandals and the resignation of his defense minister over the cover-up of information related to Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission.
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Rights groups say Hun Sen, 65, is determined to extend his rule and dismantle the burgeoning popularity of the CNRP, who have gained from public anger over inequality and cronyism in the country under Hun Sen's rule.
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The most egregious example of this political cronyism was Perry's directive to FERC to create new rules that would have forced electricity customers to pay extra money for the energy produced by uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.
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Bigsister, New York City: Right now the biggest challenge is to elect a president who can be trusted to lead this nation with competence — someone who is rational, sane, level-headed, open-minded — no cronyism, no ego trips.
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Rick Perry, who later appointed Colonnetta to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, which has been embroiled in controversy surrounding allegations of cronyism on the part of Perry donors turned trustees.
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When Harris ran for San Francisco district attorney in 2003, she knew that her relationship with Brown — and allegations of cronyism — would be raised as an issue despite the sexist nature of such critiques, Politico's David Siders writes.
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If the board did not act, it would've allowed the petitioner to challenge the rule in state court, and placed the burden on the agency to prove that its law is related to public safety instead of cronyism.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A former aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave highly anticipated testimony on Thursday to a parliamentary investigation into a cronyism scandal that is undermining Abe's support, but he did not make any startling revelations.
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"It's a big gift for him to have the White House invite him," said Cynthia Gabriel, executive director of the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism in Kuala Lumpur, adding that she was "really flabbergasted" by the visit.
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Warren G. Harding — darkly handsome, impeccably dressed and widely adored — acquired a reputation for cronyism, corruption and womanizing that continues to stain the reputation of his administration, which ended when he died of a heart attack in 1923.
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The move, long demanded by the International Monetary Fund and Western governments, could help unblock billions of dollars in assistance frozen because of Western dissatisfaction with Ukraine's failure to deliver on promises to tackle endemic graft and cronyism.
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The 1MDB case is seen as a way for Mahathir to uphold his campaign pledges of restoring rule of law and abolishing graft in a country where deeply rooted patronage and cronyism have stymied economic and political reforms.
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Slovakia's economy has boomed and living standards have risen sharply since it joined the European Union in 2004, but many Slovaks say their country still fails to defend the rule of law, especially in punishing corruption and cronyism.
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This is where capitalism gets twisted into cronyism, with planners and politicians picking economic winners and losers by granting special privileges in the form of public subsidy to a few privileged businesses, while everyone else pays full freight.
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There seems to be no hypocrisy a startling number of GOP voters won't tolerate, and no point at which an individual's cronyism, lies and ill character matter if there's an R next to their name on the ballot.
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The slide has now resumed in its partnership with the PD. 5-Star was founded 10 years ago by comedian Beppe Grillo as a grassroots protest movement against the corruption and cronyism of Italy's political and business elite.
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But Mr. Trump and his team have pledged to target what they see as a more insidious kind of cronyism, including unfettered free trade that some Trump advisers say benefits wealthy elites at the expense of American workers.
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" In his piece for the Gazette, Ryan wrote that a White House led by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton "would mean four more years of liberal cronyism and a government more out for itself than the people it serves.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his close ally, Finance Minister Taro Aso, faced growing pressure on Monday over a suspected cover-up of a cronyism scandal that has dogged the premier for more than a year.
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He called the poll amid confusion in the opposition camp and an uptick in his ratings, dented earlier in the year by scandals over suspected cronyism and a perception he had grown arrogant after nearly five years in office.
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Evidence on Wednesday by a former treasury official who was involved in the case at the time painted a picture of cronyism and string-pulling in Tapie's links with the government under Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency from 2007 to 2012.
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While tariffs are popular in some quarters, the manipulation of the tariff-exemption process raises serious concerns of cronyism, protectionism and further manipulation of the free market that hinders the ability for job creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to flourish.
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Weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism brought down the old Armenian political class, much as massive demonstrations in Beirut, Baghdad and Santiago in recent weeks have brought down or shaken the governments of Lebanon, Iraq and Chile.
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The MPLA, which has ruled Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975, has lost some support due to political cronyism, though many Angolans remain loyal to the party that emerged victorious from 27 years of civil war in 2002.
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Algerian generals may have forced an end to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20-year rule to placate the crowds, but Algerians are now confronting the difficulty of challenging the entrenched system of cronyism and corruption that governed from behind him.
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Economists say that Turkey's economic crisis has been caused primarily by Mr. Erdogan's mismanagement — unsustainable borrowing, cronyism and huge public works projects with little economic return — and now, he carries almost single-handedly the burden of steadying the nation.
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So at 73, when he could be spending his days playing tennis and traveling the world with his wife, Betsy Smith, he instead will occupy the hot seat at an agency with a history of cronyism and political infighting.
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Weeks of protests against corruption and cronyism culminated on Tuesday in Nikol Pashinyan, the protest leader, becoming prime minister, in a dramatic rupture with the cadre of officials who have run this ex-Soviet state since the late 1990s.
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Corporate cronyism has no place America, especially when it flies so completely in the face of what everyone but coal executives know to be true: better, cleaner and smarter energy choices are available for less, no government bailout required.
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Climate hawks have the better of the argument — China is deadly serious about cleaning up its energy system, not only or even primarily for climate reasons — but conservative warnings about China's history of opacity and cronyism are worth heeding.
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The name of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife was removed from documents regarding the suspected cronyism scandal, media said on Monday, as pressure mounted on the premier and his ally Finance Minister Taro Aso over a possible cover-up.
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"We see an opportunity to engage the American people to address some of the toughest problems facing our country: a broken criminal justice system, an immigration system that prevents good people from contributing, eliminating cronyism and promoting open trade," Davis said.
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Media exit polls showed that, despite the LDP's big win, 51 percent of voters do not trust the prime minister, a hangover from suspected cronyism scandals that eroded his support this year and a potential risk in case of a referendum.
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LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron was accused on Friday of cronyism that would "embarrass a medieval court" after he rewarded a long list of his political aides and allies with some of Britain's highest honors to mark his resignation as prime minister.
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It has made for some ugliness in Santa Fe, and the once-glowing national stories about the GOP's Latina savior have turned decidedly more circumspect, as the Martinez administration has faced repeated allegations of corruption, cronyism, high-handedness and incompetence.
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He has praised Mr. Trump for helping the Republican Party forge a stronger bond with Americans who feel socially and economically disconnected and who are eager to shine a light on the corruption and cronyism they believe is rampant in Washington.
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Vucic, in power since 2012, said he had no plan to resign or call early elections, something demanded by thousands in opposition protests that started last December accusing his government of cronyism, corruption and stifling media freedoms, something he denies.
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Abe, 63, is in the midst of what may be the worst political crisis since his return to office in December 2012, as doubts swirl over suspected cronyism in a land deal with a school operator linked to his wife, Akie.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings battered by a scandal over suspected cronyism, is hoping a series of summits including one with U.S. President Donald Trump will restore his popularity ahead of a crucial ruling party leadership contest.
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The ANC won South Africa's May 8 general election, enabling the party to pick the country's president, but its share of the vote fell to a post-apartheid low -- reflecting anger at corruption and cronyism under Ramaphosa's predecessor Jacob Zuma.
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Hun Sen&aposs critics, led by the now-disbanded main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, say Cambodia is suffering from years of land grabs, illegal logging, cronyism, corruption and a culture of impunity fostered by a politicized justice system.
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That prosecution has often been somewhat literal, as there have been repeated calls by speakers for Clinton to be jailed for her alleged crimes, which, if you've watched the spectacle in Cleveland, include theft, treason, cronyism, and murder, among many others.
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Fico, who has been in power for 10 of the last 12 years, has pledged to fight corruption and cronyism though himself has been criticized for renting an apartment from a property developer who is under investigation for suspected tax fraud.
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BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Parliament savaged EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday for promoting his chief aide to the top of the EU civil service, saying it smacked of cronyism and would fuel mounting public distrust.
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Protesters in the North African country, an oil and gas producer, want a new generation of leaders to replace an elderly ruling elite seen by many as out of touch and unable to jump-start a faltering economy hampered by cronyism.
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Claiming to be a champion of human rights, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) continues to act in complete contradiction of its mandate to protect human rights and reflects the cronyism and corruption of many of its member governments.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's National Tax Agency chief, under fire for remarks about a suspected cronyism scandal, quit on Friday, but his resignation was unlikely to end the furor over the affair that threatens to erode Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popularity.
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Renzi, who took office two years ago vowing to end the cronyism that has often marred Italian politics, told reporters that although Guidi had committed no crime, she had made an "inappropriate" phone call and had been right to quit.
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Look at the HQ2 situation from a bird's eye view and it's abundantly clear that, due to the gangrenous cronyism run rampant in our current institutions, Amazon won't care if the location is business-friendly, so long as it's Amazon-friendly.
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Despite the magnitude of the economic crisis, the biggest since the war, leaders have not been able to agree a new cabinet or to tackle the grievances of demonstrators who say they have ruined Lebanon through corruption and sectarian cronyism.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one obvious reason the health care industry does not operate by free-market principles, but cronyism that predates the 28500 law also contributes to the industry's problems with cost and quality.
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So, as the NRA deals with its legal squabbles, cronyism, and perhaps more Natasha Romanoffs in their midst, lacking the means or ability it once had to influence our elections, Fox News is there for all those who want to believe.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese opposition parties turned up the heat on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday over a cronyism scandal that threatens to erode his influence, after documents released by a ministry failed to banish suspicion that some had been doctored.
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Once again, this is a great example of the real problem not only with health insurance reform but all of Washington, D.C. The hurdles of partisanship and ideology pale in comparison to political class cronyism and the pursuit of selfish interests.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso was preparing to skip a Group of 20 finance leaders' gathering in Buenos Aires next week, officials said on Tuesday, with the minister fighting to survive a cronyism scandal that has paralyzed parliament.
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The ANC won South Africa's May 8 general election, enabling the party to pick the country's president, but its share of the vote fell to a post-apartheid low — reflecting anger at corruption and cronyism under Ramaphosa's predecessor Jacob Zuma.
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President Jimmy Morales, a comedian who was elected last year after campaigning on a promise that he was "not corrupt, not a crook," has signaled publicly that his administration is determined to put an end to the nation's graft and cronyism.
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When the government gets to decide the proper term of your investments, it constitutes the same form of cronyism as when campaign donors are directly given sacks of cash by the government officials they donated to when they were candidates.
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Though Yanukovych personified the corruption, cronyism and oligarchical capitalism rampant in Ukraine, he had previously promoted the accord, which many Ukrainians, particularly in the country's center and west, anticipated as a pathway to a better life and communion with the West.
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"Americans in both parties are fed up with the cronyism and corruption in Washington, and seven days ago they delivered a stunning message to the nation's ruling class," said Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham in a statement on Monday night.
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Bigger government creates societal problems of its own, such as harmful incentives to rely on Washington, cronyism and corporate handouts, unreasonable expectations that the government can and should solve every problem, and the crowd-out of positive private resources and activities.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he had no intention now of stepping down to take responsibility for the resignation of the National Tax Agency chief, who came under fire for remarks about a suspected cronyism scandal.
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The affair comes amid signs that declines in support for Abe might be bottoming out, with ratings of around 42 percent in two recent polls, after a suspected cronyism scandal and cover up over the discounted sale of state-owed land.
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On her blog, Ms. Caruana Galizia exposed the dark side of Malta, writing of freeloading party officials, the government's ties to Azerbaijan, an exotic zoo run by a friend of the prime minister, and a welter of cronyism, kickbacks and more.
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However, support for the Democrats remains well below 10 percent even though backing for Abe has slid to below 30 percent in some polls because of suspected cronyism scandals and a feeling among voters that he takes them for granted.
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Although her appointment was condemned by many as cronyism, it was widely applauded by oil analysts who regarded her as having the power to make necessary reforms at a company in turmoil after a plunge in the price of oil.
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Media exit polls showed that, despite the LDP's big win, 51 percent of voters don't trust the prime minister, a hangover from suspected cronyism scandals that eroded his support earlier this year and a potential risk if a referendum is held.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron rebuffed accusations of cronyism on Thursday after an author close to him landed a top diplomatic post in the United States, just weeks after coveted foreign ministry posts were opened up to non-diplomats.
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Medojevic is head of the largely pro-Western Movement for Changes party which is a part of the Democratic Front, a broad alliance which is against the decades-long rule of Djukanovic and his party whom they accuse of corruption and cronyism.
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A senior government official did not confirm the media report, but said Abe wanted Motegi to accompany him to the U.S. to address trade issues, though this would depend on the situation in parliament, where the government faces criticism over suspected cronyism scandals.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Election campaigning in Japan began in earnest on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to repel an upstart new party that has pledged to rid the government of cronyism in a challenge to Abe's near-five year hold on power.
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Battered by scandals involving suspected cronyism, Abe's ratings have slid near or below 30 percent, dampening his chances of gaining a third three-year term as Liberal Democratic Party leader in a September vote, and sparking talk he might step down sooner.
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Such is the cronyism and mismanagement of the Zuma administration that South Africa has dipped into recession, its debt has been downgraded to junk and unemployment is a whopping 28% (or 36% if one includes those who have given up looking for work).
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But liberals who say "no" rely on the very same moral premise — meritorious people do deserve the fruits of their labor, but in America today, they point out, you get rich through family influence, cronyism, or by exploiting the system; not through merit.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Vice Finance Minister Minoru Kihara will attend the Group of 20 finance leaders' meeting next week in Buenos Aires, the ministry said on Friday, in place of Finance Minister Taro Aso who is under fire over a suspected cronyism scandal.
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Demonstrators in the North African country, an oil and gas producer, want a new generation of leaders to replace a ruling elite seen by many ordinary Algerians as out of touch and unable to jump-start a faltering economy hampered by cronyism.
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As with its economic policies, the Pirate Party has not provided much detail on how it will clean up corruption, though it says it will allow fisheries quotas to be dictated by the market rather than the government, to prevent any cronyism.
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The dollar's strength against the yen was also due to Japanese factors such as growing views that a political scandal in Tokyo could deepen, with a figure in a cronyism controversy surrounding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to testify in parliament on Tuesday.
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Leaders of oil-rich countries use profit from petroleum to feed cronyism: oil in the hands of dictators has become a source of corruption, and many oil-rich countries have funneled profits not to the population at large, but to the ruling class.
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But they all point in one clear direction: That any claim he makes to being concerned about kleptocratic cronyism in Ukraine is nothing but a cover for the unprecedented sacrificing of our national interests at the altar of the president's political fortunes.
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The way to preserve the prosperity that has come with free markets is to limit government and sever the connections between the economic and political elite — to return to a system in which cronyism and political connections do not enhance business profitability.
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Chart courtesy of Danske Bank "The elections have obviously distracted from the cronyism allegations but I think they will resurface in coming months and I would expect the Cabinet Office's approval rating to remain low," said Marcel Thieliant, Japan economist at Capital Economics.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese tax agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa, a key figure in a cronyism scandal that has sparked a political crisis for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will be summoned to testify in parliament on March 27, a ruling party source told Reuters.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's parliament approved a record $926 billion state budget on Wednesday for the next fiscal year, starting on April 1, with analysts wary about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ability to push fiscal reform as he faces a crisis over suspected cronyism.
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The scandals: Accusations of cronyism are plaguing the Japanese leader after it was revealed that his name and his wife's name were wiped from government documents relating to the discounted sale of state-owned land to a close friend of the family.
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After following the movement for several months, I now think most members of the alt-right aren't fueled by racial resentment but want a technocracy with positions earned through merit, instead of through the nepotism and cronyism that they see in Washington.
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At a moment when President Trump is beginning to accuse potential Democratic rivals of embracing socialism, Mr. Pompeo, a former Kansas conservative congressman who has lost none of his partisan edge, said socialism and cronyism were at the heart of Venezuela's problems.
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Among all the kaffeeklatsch and the hearsay, all the tales of lavish living and cronyism, one story line stands out: a case of kleptocracy so immense that it is has spawned criminal and regulatory investigations in at least 9 jurisdictions around the world.
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Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the architect of the Abenomics brand of reforms that has helped weaken the yen, raised economic growth levels and lifted corporate profits, is at record lows as his administration is embroiled in scandals involving suspected cronyism.
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Some of that cronyism has recently put the once-possible frontrunner Preckwinkle on the defensive after a recent Chicago Tribune report that she hired the son of powerful old-school Alderman Ed Burke to a $100,000 a year job with the county.
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The dollar's strength against the was also due to Japanese factors such as growing views that a political scandal in Tokyo could deepen, with a figure in a cronyism controversy surrounding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to testify in parliament on Tuesday.
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Japan's finance ministry reported to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party the findings of its investigation into a suspected cronyism case on Monday morning, a ruling party source said , as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ally Aso over the case.
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Inada had also come under fire for a remark in a campaign speech that the military wanted voters to back a ruling party candidate, in apparent violation of the SDF's neutrality, and for ties to a school involved in a suspected cronyism scandal.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bears some responsibility for altered documents at the center of suspicions of a cover-up linked to cronyism, according to opinion polls on Sunday, with one showing his support falling to the lowest of his tenure.
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" Anti-Trump Republicans praise Kaine Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee tried to stoke tensions between Clinton and the liberal base that initially flocked to Bernie Sanders, saying that Kaine did "nothing to unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and cronyism.
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Paris police chief Michel Delpuech, who called the scandal a case of "toxic cronyism", said he had been informed of the video by an official at the Elysee palace on the morning of May 2, which was for him the "appropriate line of command".
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Traders are also nervous after weekend polls suggested a massive drop in public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his handling of a festering cronyism scandal, which has raised doubts about his ability to press forward with his reflationary economic agenda including monetary easing.
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Hundreds took to the streets of the capital after the announcement of the 82-year-old's departure, capping protests which called for the removal of an elite seen by many as out of touch with ordinary people and presiding over an economy riven by cronyism.
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Abe, beset by tumbling public support due to suspicions of a cronyism scandal and a crushing election loss by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo elections last month, is set to carry out a broad shake-up of his Cabinet on Thursday.
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Armenia, a close Russian ally, has been shaken by nearly three weeks of demonstrations fueled by public anger over perceived political cronyism and official corruption, prompting the prime minister, who led the country as president for a decade until earlier this year, to resign.
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The February 2018 murder of Jan Kuciak, who uncovered fraud cases involving politically connected businessmen, and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova cast a spotlight on corruption and cronyism in the central European country and sparked mass protests that forced then-Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign.
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PERU-VIZCARRA/ (PIX) (TV) Peru president proposes reform to clean up discredited judiciary Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra will unveil his proposals for cleaning up the country's justice system after a cronyism scandal involving high-profile judges triggered a wave of street protests and resignations.
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Parents looking for a way to provide their children — or their neighbors' children — with the best educational options should demand state governments give them back the power they once enjoyed before the current education system took hold, which only occurred after decades of cronyism.
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But trying to keep up with the fast-paced private sector in this area is nearly impossible, and regulators should avoid scrambling to enact unnecessary rules to delay this transformation or to protect incumbent industries through cronyism under the guise of health and safety.
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Democratic lawmakers in Ohio called for an investigation into the hiring process at the state Department of Transportation after a politician said in a Facebook post that young Republicans would get preference for summer jobs at the agency, raising questions about cronyism in its hiring.
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And the reason that remains the case today is because despite all the absurd government regulations and industry cronyism, health care industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators still have a lot of freedom to invest in new ideas and earn a profit in the United States.
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" Pelosi, who has called on Collins to resign, sent out a letter last week urging Democrats to make the case during the August recess that they need to be put back in charge so they can clean up the GOP's "brazen corruption, cronyism and incompetence.
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Despite the improved economic picture, there is still plenty of distress and anger, emotions that have helped spur the success of the Republican presidential front-runner, Donald J. Trump, and rallied many Democrats behind the underdog Bernie Sanders's attacks on inequality and Wall Street cronyism.
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No event captured the full extent of Bush's failures quite like Katrina—from cronyism to misleading the public to sheer ineptitude—so it's fitting that not only was this the moment that Wayne stepped forward but that he did it with such devastating thoroughness.
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The West wrongfully presumes that a tiny Arab country — with roughly half of its population under 30, a distressed economy resulting from decades of cronyism, centralization, social exclusion and corruption, and surrounded by a region in chaos — will be able to succeed on its own.
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In short, while the Trump tariffs may not be that big (yet), they have already turned us into an unreliable partner, a nation whose trade policy is driven by political cronyism, and which is all too likely to default on its promises whenever it's convenient.
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The Rubashkin commutation is one of the earliest examples of Kushner's success in persuading the President to make a decision that appeared to some in the White House to be a blatant example of cronyism and was out of step with their political messaging.
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"Without any impact on global temperatures, Paris is the open door for egregious regulation, cronyism, and government spending that would be disastrous for the American economy as it is proving to be for those in Europe," said Nick Loris, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
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That proposal was soon scrapped, but protesters from various religious backgrounds remained on the streets waving flags and chanting in Beirut, Tripoli, and elsewhere, angry over the crumbling state of the country and what they say is cronyism at the highest levels of government.
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"The defeat of Renee Ellmers should be a warning to any Republican who campaigns as an economic conservative, but votes for massive spending bills and for corrupt cronyism like the Export-Import Bank," Club for Growth Action President David McIntosh said in a statement.
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His hard-line competitor, a Texan with a Princeton class ring — who has for years united a divided Washington in hatred of him — is emerging as a measured alternative, drawing a second look from a despairing establishment that he has derided as an emblem of cronyism.
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Ms Anderson describes an ingrained culture of cronyism before she arrived: requests to hire as a teacher the girlfriend of someone politically connected, even though she could not write a cover letter; or not to sack another grandee's nephew for punching someone in a school cafeteria.
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When you stand up to Washington, when you honor the promise you made to the men and women who elected you and say enough with the corruption, enough with the cronyism, let's actually stand for the working men and women of this country, Washington doesn't like it.
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By equating prime minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalists with their secular rivals, he was implying that, since both of India's biggest parties share such traits as cronyism and paternalist economics, all that really distinguishes the BJP is its displays of piety, such as reverence for cows.
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Fukuda had denied the allegations, just one of a series amid suspected high-level cronyism and cover-ups that have raised doubts about how long Abe can stay in power, but the ministry said last week it would continue to investigate him through an external law firm.
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Hundreds took to the streets of the capital after state media announced the 82-year-old's departure, capping a wave of protests demanding the removal of an aging elite seen by many as out of touch with ordinary people and presiding over an economy riven by cronyism.
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Despite this slowdown, it is too soon to say that the era of cronyism is over—and not just because America could elect as president a billionaire whose dealings in Atlantic City's casinos and Manhattan's property jungle earn him the 260th spot on our individual crony ranking.
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Optimists can also point out that cronyism has stimulated a counter-reaction from a growing middle class in the emerging world, from Brazilians banging pots and pans in the street to protest against graft to Indians electing Arvind Kejriwal, a maverick anti-corruption campaigner, to run Delhi.
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"The American people deserve better than the GOP's corruption, cronyism, and incompetence," said House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiWhy President Trump needs to speak out on Hong Kong Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Pelosi warns Mnuchin to stop 'illegal' .
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Aspiring authoritarians like Viktor Orban of Hungary in turn seem enticed by the kind of power Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi wield, untroubled by the need to compromise or consult or, in the case of corruption and cronyism, to answer for evidence of misrule and malfeasance.
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Japan's finance ministry reported to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party the findings of its investigation into a suspected cronyism case on Monday morning, a ruling party source said, as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ally Finance Minister Taro Aso over the case.
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Cesar Hinostroza has been at the center of a cronyism scandal since phone conversations recorded by police in a drug trafficking probe were leaked to the media, allegedly revealing what prosecutors have described as a criminal network of judges who traded favors with politicians and businessmen.
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In an especially glaring example of entrenched cronyism, the Communist Party elevated an ideologically copacetic electrical engineer to the position of deputy plant director at Chernobyl: To make up for a total lack of experience with atomic energy, he took a correspondence course in nuclear physics.
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"On December 12, 2016, women/self-identified women and their allies will gather together in solidarity in cities across the United States to protest the normalization of sexual assault, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, unconstitutional behavior, cronyism, and hate," Ann Massaro, one of the organizers, wrote in a statement.
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Some Western media had questioned whether Pashinyan, a former journalist who won power by channeling public discontent over perceived political cronyism, would keep his country, a landlocked ex-Soviet state, closely aligned with Russia, which has a military base in Armenia and a long history of selling it weapons.
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"We have become an independent state thanks to God and the leadership of the Arab coalition ... southern lands have been liberated by the blood of her sons and have loosed the bonds of unity which brought only terrorism, cronyism, and the looting of the people's wealth," Salmi told Reuters.
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"The current approach," she wrote, "permits the justices to dole out the valuable asset of a Supreme Court argument to friends and former employees, in a way that is reminiscent of the cronyism and patronage that characterized government employment" before the Civil Service reforms of the 19th century.
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The conservative political think tank's report claims the substantial expansion in the size and scope of the U.S. government, increased regulatory and tax burdens in many sectors, and the loss of trust and confidence that has accompanied a growing perception of "cronyism" has severely undermined America's global competitiveness.
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Just as important, the opposition and some analysts say, the city has become a vital source of wealth in a network of cronyism and nepotism that has benefited from the awarding of municipal contracts and the distribution of city funds to charitable foundations with links to the president's family.
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The democratic experiment in Afghanistan, which began in 2004, when Hamid Karzai was elected President, has demoralized many citizens, who have watched brutal strongmen be rewarded with cabinet postings, age-old patronage networks mobilized on behalf of party politics, and elected officials enrich themselves through cronyism and corruption.
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But the argument that the Price-Anderson liability limit is a "subsidy" is simply incorrect; it has become an obvious tool with which to divert attention from the indefensible subsidies and cronyism now bestowed upon "renewable" electricity, ethanol mandates and the other such manifestations of wealth redistribution through politics.
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The suspension comes after six weeks of protests that reached a tipping point last weekend when as many as 1.5 million people (by organizers' estimates) lined the streets of the capital city Seoul to call for an end to the corruption and cronyism that has long dogged South Korea's political system.
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Lai, one of the most senior executives to be brought to book in China's anti-corruption campaign, was accused of a long list of wrongdoings, from cronyism and taking bribes, to the embezzlement of public property, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement on its website.
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"This deep inequality is a product of policies that exclude the majority from the beginning: a culture of patriarchy, cronyism, the multiple and heavy taxation of the poor while big multinationals evade tax, high prohibitive costs of governance, weak policy implementation, elite capture and a poor budgeting system," the report writes.
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Trump's nominees range from a treasury secretary who spent nearly two decades at Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street giant Trump the candidate frequently ripped as a den of corruption and cronyism, to a potential defense department chief who opposes the use of torture tactics his would-be boss called for during the campaign.
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Outside of political appointee positions, Trump's administration is going to find that their ability to bring on loyal friends is hamstrung by the civil service laws, which specifically were designed to avoid political cronyism and which removes political officials from at least the initial vetting of potential candidates for open government positions.
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The prosecutors did not indicate whether the arrests were linked to a suspected corruption case of the former chairman of the parent company, Lai Xiaomin, who has been under investigation since April last year, accused of a long list of wrongdoing, from cronyism and taking bribes to the embezzlement of public property.
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But two deals to import 13,21 buses from China estimated at more than $21 million have caused an unusual rift within her National League for Democracy (NLD), with regional lawmakers questioning its cost and accusing Yangon's chief minister Phyo Min Thein, a Suu Kyi protégé, of cronyism and a lack of accountability.
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So, if as a voter you think that what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then I guess Donald Trump is your guy," Cruz said, casting Trump as someone who would continue the "cronyism" and "corruption of Washington.
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Together they formed a broad coalition that successfully ended the ten-year rule of Mr Rajapaksa, under whom the army brutally crushed a quarter-century rebellion by minority Tamils, but whose government also leant towards nepotism, repression and cronyism, and towards China rather than such traditional partners as India and the West.
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Beyond that, whoever takes the helm as the country enters a post-Mugabe era should heed the crowds who cheered the despot's fall from power and take serious steps to end the cronyism, corruption and poor economic management that has kept Zimbabwe from enjoying the prosperity that its resources and geography should bring.
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One of the simple truths about the election of President Trump to be the 85033th president of the United States is a fact he exposed, for the first time in a generation, that millions of Americans that live in the heartland have been sacrificed on the altar of internationalism, cronyism and corporatism.
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Mr. Trump's foreign business deals have been lucrative, but they exemplify just the sort of cronyism and shady dealing that characterized American business practices in Cuba before Fidel Castro's revolution — practices that stoked Cuban nationalism, increased Mr. Castro's popularity and led to the seizure of over a billion dollars of American property.
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Market participants said the yen showed limited reaction to testimony in Japan's parliament by a former finance ministry official, who said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife, Finance Minister Taro Aso and their top aides did not give instructions to change documents about a land deal at the heart of a suspected cronyism scandal.
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In Congress, House Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE admitted Republicans need to do more to address cronyism, which is responsible for billions in wasted taxpayer dollars doled out to influential businesses each year.
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"Trump's win in 2016 and my performance these last two years in Virginia proves that instead of the Democrat Party representing the working class, the Republican Party is rejecting the Corporate Cronyism of the Rockefellers and the Clintons in favor of a more just, more fair, more equitable approach to government," Stewart's statement read.
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In many ways, the discussion between the three men in Mr. Trump's office tower encapsulates the dueling impulses of the president-elect, a man who enjoys being at the center of attention, but who is also aware that he was elected on a strong populist message of "draining the swamp" of Washington cronyism and extravagance.
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Thant Myint-U acknowledges the real economic gains that have been made over the past decade — a growing middle class, a new kind of self-made entrepreneur unconnected to the cronyism of the old regime — but he also notes that Burma is still a very poor country where extreme inequality and attendant anxieties have flourished.
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Ms. Hudson, who joined the academy after serving as the executive director of Film Independent, a small art film organization, is said to be less patient with the academy's old ways, more closely aligned with high-profile actors and filmmakers, and eager to break down a seeming cronyism that has contributed to its white, male makeup.
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Mr. Zuma, who will cease to be party leader this week but whose term as the country's president does not end until 2019, will leave his successor a number of problems, but one above all: a once-heroic liberation party that has now become associated with graft, cronyism and incompetence and that has been losing core supporters.
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Reading journalistic accounts of Cheney's move, in 2000, from the private sector back into public service, we learn that he took elaborate steps to divest from Halliburton, the oil conglomerate where he was C.E.O., to avoid the appearance of conflict; here, the relationship between Cheney and the energy sector is presented as one of clear cronyism.
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In a conference call with his central committee two days after the caucuses, Mr. Price was pressed by two members over the appearance of cronyism because of his friendships, dating to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, with a senior adviser to Mr. Buttigieg who is married to the founder of the company that developed the caucus app.
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Several Democratic lawmakers and political groups said his comments reflected widespread corruption and cronyism within President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's administration.
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" Politico reported last month that national Democrats were consulting Emanuel on how to replicate his strategy for 22006: "Democrats believe President Donald Trump has already given them enough to make the 'cronyism, corruption and incompetence' argument they employed in 22006 — when [House Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid first implored voters to 'drain the swamp' in Washington.
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Mutharika, 78, a former law professor, presided over improvements to infrastructure and a slowdown in inflation during his first five-year term, but critics accuse him of corruption and cronyism He said this year's anticipated growth of 5 percent, up from around 4 percent in 2018, would be driven by increased production in agriculture, and supported by mining, ICT, and financial services.
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Subodh Gupta Scene and Herd paints a picture of the art world similar to every industry in which young women must rely on older men for professional validation, where much of the "networking" occurs in informal settings without any mechanism to register formal complaints, and where a culture of cronyism enables a privileged few to both abuse their positions and create mediocre art.
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The governor of the state said vote for anyone but Cruz, and lobbyists spent millions of dollars in attack ads, but I stood and said we should have no mandates, a level playing field, and the people of Iowa put country and our children above the cronyism and corporate welfare... (BELL RINGING) CRUZ: ... We can turn this country around if we get back to the Constitution.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinSenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility House panel investigating decision to resume federal executions To combat domestic terrorism, Congress must equip law enforcement to fight rise in white supremacist attacks MORE (D-Ill.) went to the floor of the Senate and successfully inserted this anti-consumer amendment into the legislation that cannot be described as anything but cronyism.
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Huelskamp "took a tough vote" against the farm bill - which consists mostly of food stamps and which Holden says is filled with cronyism - and he was so forcefully opposed by BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerLobbyists race to cash in on cannabis boom Rising star Ratcliffe faces battle to become Trump's intel chief This little engine delivers results for DC children MORE that he was booted off the Agriculture committee.
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Fox News host Eric Bolling is publishing The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It. MSNBC anchor Katy Tur, who became a media star after she tussled with Trump during the election, will publish a campaign memoir in September, while journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will churn out their inevitable take on the campaign sometime next year.
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"Ex-Im has a long history of cronyism and corruption that is well-known to many in the Trump Administration, and while we hoped it would be done away with, the administration now has taken on the almost impossible challenge of reforming a federal agency whose mission has been to pick winners and losers with taxpayer dollars," spokesman Doug Sachtleben said in a statement to Reuters.
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Five years later we saved everyone's asses in World War I, propelling the United States to world superpower status where 100 years later, unknown British comedians would flock to our shores to serve as pupils to greater American comics and—through cronyism and other non-meritorious advancements—go on to say some stupid shit about the best baseball player who ever lived on his own premium cable TV show.
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We are awash in books by conservatives attempting to elucidate both Trump and Trumpism, including The Fourth Way: The Conservative Playbook For a Lasting GOP Majority by radio host and new kid on the MSNBC block Hugh Hewitt; Understanding Trump by former House Speaker and America ruiner Newt Gingrich; and The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Fox News libertarian Eric Bolling.
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But most damaging of all is the PA's crisis of legitimacy, which stems from several factors: the failure of the PA to deliver a peace deal, the growing authoritarianism of Abbas (including the fact that elections have not been held for almost a decade), the corruption scandals involving Abbas's sons and the cronyism that plagues the PA, and the PA's security collaboration with Israel and increasingly oppressive actions against protests.
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Mr. Yildirim played up his experience of 25 years in government, but to many that epitomized the cronyism that critics say has ruined the image of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P. While Mr. Yildirim's businessmen sons have been accused of corrupt dealings, he batted away a question about them in a TV debate, saying that they had won several lawsuits and that others were still underway.
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C.) and Tom CoburnThomas (Tom) Allen CoburnThe Hill's Morning Report — Presented by PhRMA — Worries grow about political violence as midterms approach President Trump's war on federal waste American patients face too many hurdles in regard to health-care access MORE (R-Okla.) helped spearhead the effort to ban earmarks by enlisting the support of grassroots activists and everyday Americans rightly appalled at the cronyism that was pervading the halls of Congress.
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As the fictional Syjuco sets out to find Salvador's final and lost work, an amalgamation of 20 years of research that unravels the "cronyism" and "corruption" of the Filipino elite, news clippings are woven in — including a fictional interview with the Paris Review in which Salvador says, quite plainly, that politicians in the Philippines "should be presumed guilty until proven innocent," implying that even the most saintly politicians may be hiding a corrupt streak.
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To be sure, Netanyahu feels as betrayed by American Jewry as American Jewry feels betrayed by him, and it's difficult to tell to what degree these feelings have been motivated by disgust and spite (Netanyahu hating American Jewish naivete, American Jews hating Netanyahu's cronyism and violence), and to what degree they've been motivated by opportunism and self-interest (Netanyahu wanting the evangelical money and political cover, American Jews wanting to shore up their credentials on the identitarian left).
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Does anyone have the discipline, indefatigable spirit and intellectual heft and courage to speak, write, cajole, arm-twist, network and — most importantly — persuade first the party faithful and then the country that fiscal responsibility, ethical behavior, working with allies to oppose common foes, a commitment to education at all levels, and robust capitalism that thrives in a system dedicated to fairness, innovation and support to the middle class over cronyism and unbridled corporate influence wins the day?
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Bolling is a commodities trader turned Fox Business host turned Fox News host turned former Fox News host (there was an investigation into lewd text messages, though he has denied sending them) turned author of a book called "The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It." The book's title gives some indication of the intensity and originality of Bolling's commitment to the president, for whom Bolling once volunteered to work at a salary of $1.
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Abe had said he needed a new mandate to tackle a "national crisis" from North Korea's missile and nuclear threats and a fast-aging population, and to approve his idea of diverting revenue from a planned sales tax hike to education and child care from public debt repayment He called the poll amid confusion in the opposition camp and an uptick in his ratings, dented earlier in the year by scandals over suspected cronyism and a perception he had grown arrogant after nearly five years in office.
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Energy Secretary Rick PerryJames (Rick) Richard PerryThe credible case for Texas and its clean energy solutions Oversight: Trump confidant Tom Barrack pushed for Saudi nuclear plant construction Amazon taps Trump ally to lobby amid Pentagon cloud-computing contract fight MORE was absolutely right when, as governor of Texas and then as a candidate for president, he admonished the energy sector cronyism of the Obama administration by noting that "no greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry" and that taxpayers lost "over $500 million" over it.
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