Month: May 2026
Posted on May 31, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It Is an Institutional One
The story most of us reach for when we talk about regulatory capture runs like this. A well-funded industry sends in the lobbyists, writes some checks, hints at cushy jobs down the line, and before long the agency …
Posted on May 31, 2026
Regulatory Capture Looks Like a Corporate Problem—But That Picture Is Only Half the Story
When we talk about regulatory capture, the stock photo is a weary legislator taking a draft bill from a corporate lobbyist. That picture isn’t false. It’s just radically incomplete. It fixes our gaze on the bribe, the campaign …
Posted on May 29, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It Is an Institutional One
Mention regulatory capture and a familiar scene snaps into focus: the lobbyist in a gray suit, the glossy binder, the quiet handshake that seals a deal written by industry, for industry. The former CEO who now runs the …
Posted on May 26, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It Is an Institutional One
Mention regulatory capture, and the picture that usually forms is cinematic: a sleek lobbyist tucking a policy rider into a midnight bill, or a retired senator easing into a board seat at the very industry they used to …
Posted on May 24, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem — It Is an Institutional One
We talk about regulatory capture as if the script never changes. A deep-pocketed industry hires lobbyists, writes campaign checks, and walks through the revolving door until a public agency works for them. The agency was supposed to police …
Posted on May 22, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It Is an Institutional One
The standard account of regulatory capture has hardened into something close to a cliché: a well-funded industry sends lobbyists, campaign cash, and the quiet promise of a future job to bend a public agency to its will. The …
Posted on May 20, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It’s an Institutional One
Mention regulatory capture and most people picture a lobbyist slipping a draft bill into a legislator’s pocket, or a regulator leaving government for a comfortable private-sector job. That picture isn’t wrong. It’s just dangerously incomplete. It treats capture …
Posted on May 17, 2026
Why Regulatory Capture Is Not Just a Corporate Problem—It Is an Institutional One
The standard story about regulatory capture runs along well-worn tracks. A big company wants to dodge expensive rules, so it works its way inside the agency that’s supposed to police it. Lobbyists write the bills. Regulators step into …
Posted on May 14, 2026
The Problem With Regulating Technology Using Frameworks Built for Television
When lawmakers sit down to write rules for digital platforms, they habitually reach for the regulatory playbook their predecessors wrote for broadcasting. It’s a reflex shaped by decades of handling indecency complaints, handing out spectrum licenses, and lecturing …
Posted on May 9, 2026
When the Law Still Thinks Like a TV Set
By Dr. Simone Ravel When the United States Congress passed the Communications Act of 1934, it had a concrete problem to solve. The early days of radio were a mess: frequencies bled into one another, stations stomped on …