Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of crony capitalism.
Obviously they didn't teach me cronynomics (crony-economics) in university.
2007 August 15, “PKFZ bailout: The CRONYNOMIC / EKORNOMIC rationale”, in Sean-the-man2 more examples
Frankly, I'm not sure why BT was ever privatised (aside from conservitard cronynomics) if it can't even pick its nose without public funding.
2012 July 5, aidanjt [username], “Re: News - £1.1 billion funding hole in super-fast broadband plans”, in Hexus[article title] Cronynomics: China stock market rebound the result of ‘secret’ government intervention
2015 August 27, “Cronynomics: China stock market rebound the result of ‘secret’ government intervention”, in Against Crony Capitalism, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2020Synonyms: crony capitalism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of crony capitalism.
Origin
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cronynomics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cronynomics
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