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DC's avatar

Great article. Thanks for sharing. An older term that comes to mind is cronyism.

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Jon Neumann's avatar

Thanks, glad you enjoyed reading the article. I definitely see the parallels between cronyism and my new fangled term Collusionism. Cronyism to me feels more like an interpersonal strategy of reciprocal favoritism while with Collusionism I was hoping to capture a broader more systemic mutually-reinforcing incentive structure guiding the actions of political and economic elites. You might say Collusionism is an impersonal macro-level form of cronyism that warps the decision making of anyone hoping to advance in business or politics. Or you could say I just like making up new words :)

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