crony capitalism
noun [U]Definition
› ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY an economic system in which family members and friends of government officials and business leaders are given unfair advantages in the form of jobs, loans, etc.: government-owned firms engaged in crony capitalism
(Definition of crony capitalism noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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