Monday, December 12, 2011

Chart of the Day: Crony Capitalism

This fantastic Venn diagram from Professor Mario Rizzo shows of the conflict of interests, particularly the US government's revolving door relationship with the too big too fail, Goldman Sachs.

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This also serves as a good example of regulatory capture or when a “regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead advances the commercial or special interests that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating” (Wikipedia.org).

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