Regulatory Capture and Reckless Endangerment

My review of the book Reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner (published in yesterday’s Washington Post) gives examples of the many ways in which cozy relations between government and industry lead to reckless policies. Students of economics will recognize the problem as regulatory capture, which George Stigler introduced to economics many years ago.

How can we prevent regulatory capture and thereby avoid the harmful policy it causes?

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