cronyism

任用亲信英释中释nthe practice of unfairly giving the best jobs to your friends when you are in a position of power - used to show disapproval

1 Befitting his ideology, Krugman has only one policy to propose, regardless of topic: Transfer more resources from the discipline and dynamism of markets to the inefficiency and cronyism of government..与他的理念相衬，不管是什么主题，克鲁格曼只会提出一条经济政策：把更多的资源从有纪律和活力的市场转移到低效和任人唯亲的政府手中。

2 Cleaning up what looks like cronyism may be easier than the next step: shutting down the money pipeline from Department of Defense contracts to potential insurgents..整顿这种任人唯亲之举可能比下一步措施要来得容易：关闭美国国防部向潜在叛军输送资金的通道。

3 Krugman replied that he was "sure that there's a large literature" on government cronyism and corruption..克鲁格曼回应说他“确信有大量的著作”证明政府的任人唯亲和腐败。