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朋党资本主义和新加坡地铁总裁新任命。如何避嫌?

 朋党资本主义和新加坡地铁总裁新任命。如何避嫌?


    英国经济学人杂志2021年的朋党资本主义名单中,新加坡排名第三。如果把朋党行业和非朋党行业加在一起,那么,我们就和俄罗斯一样,排名第一。


    什么是朋党行业?在俄罗斯就很明显,因为,它是一个能源为主的国家,朋党可以集中在这里。他们的这个百分比就很高。新加坡朋党行业比率较低,因为我们没有资源,有的是主权基金,但是,我们的非朋党行业却很大,是不是我们有很多政联公司,甚至上市公司和未上市的公司都和官僚、密友、权贵有关?


    什么是朋党资本主义?维基的第一选择认为是裙带资本主义,当然,这和‘关系’,‘权贵’,‘密友’,‘官僚’有关。 中文对于朋党的解释,可以有很多延伸,或许,我们可以联想到,朋友和非朋友的不同待遇,告不告妹妹弟弟,甚至于地铁公司新总裁的任命,是否直接和间接的和朋党资本主义有关?大家心里的标准不同,各自解读,各自评估。


    朋党资本主义的发展到最后,就演变成贪污横行。我们可以从经济学人排名第一和第二的国家中,看到和找到很多例子。


    新加坡排名第三,甚至加上非朋党行业,我们已经是第一了。难道,我们没有一点警惕和检讨都没有吗?我们如何做到避嫌?让国人认为,我们和排名第一和第二的国家不一样。新加坡之所以成功,防止贪污是重点之重。


    当然,我们也可以不把经济学人的排名当一回事,甚至认为,我们与众不同,我们是百毒不侵,贪污和我们无关。


    真的是这样吗?


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