2016年5月7日 星期六

Which countries top our crony-capitalism index? 1. Russia 2. Malaysia 3. The Philippines




裙帶資本主義(英語:Crony capitalism),又稱官僚資本主義、朋黨資本主義、權貴資本主義、密友資本主義、關係資本主義,描述一個經濟體中,商業上的成功與否取決於企業、商界人士和政府官員之間的關係是否密切。這種偏袒可能是表現在法律許可的分配、政府補助或特殊的稅收優惠等等。

裙帶資本主義被認為經常出現在政治上的任人唯親,並滲透到商業世界,存在利己關係的友誼和親情的商人和政府官員,影響到經濟和社會。它破壞公共服務型的經濟和政治理想;多數國家或多或少都有裙帶資本主義,民主國家若有嚴重的裙帶資本主義,其民主制度只是空殼子,無論左派右派經濟觀念,在裙帶資本主義下也都成為檸檬社會主義



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“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies, much less to render them necessary.” Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

亞當•斯密(Adam Smith)在《國富論》(Wealth of Nations)中寫道:“同業中人,會在一起,即令以娛樂消遣為目的,言談之下,恐亦不免是對付公眾的陰謀,是抬高價格的策劃。想用某項能實施卻又不違 反自由正義的法律,來阻止同業者不時的聚會,固屬難能,但立法使其便於集會,尤其是立法使其集會成為必要,卻亦是錯誤的措施。”(郭大力、王亞南譯本—— 譯者注)


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1. Russia 2. Malaysia 3. The Philippines

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