regulatory capture
B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
The condition in which an agency comes to serve the industry it is meant to police.
When ex-executives staff the regulator, you get the soft-touch enforcement that regulatory capture predicts.
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