All Essays

Exploring Regulatory Capture’s Unanswered Questions

Exploring Regulatory Capture’s Unanswered Questions

Rent-seeking and profit-seeking behavior provide valuable insights into the concept of regulatory capture.

Week in Review

Week in Review

The Supreme Court strikes down a Texas abortion law, domestic assault can be grounds for a gun ownership ban, and more…

Regulatory Capture, Ancient and Modern

Regulatory Capture, Ancient and Modern

Regulatory capture’s antecedents in political thought—which date back to ancient Greece—inform the modern concept.

Regulatory Capture in Enforcement

Regulatory Capture in Enforcement

Enforcement decisions are oft-overlooked, yet such decisions merit heightened scrutiny if regulatory capture is to be reined in.

Old and New Capture

Old and New Capture

These two forms of regulatory capture require different solutions.

Prosecuting Corporate Criminals

Prosecuting Corporate Criminals

Prosecutions of individual corporate criminals can, in fact, be successful—and are critical for attaining justice.

Week in Review

Week in Review

The Supreme Court issues major decisions on immigration and affirmative action, FAA finalizes drone rule, and more…

Preventing Regulatory Capture

Preventing Regulatory Capture

When a regulation’s benefits exceed its costs, simplicity and interdisciplinary processes are essential to reducing capture.

Challenges in Measuring Regulatory Capture

Challenges in Measuring Regulatory Capture

Regulatory capture, neither inevitable nor a death trap for agencies, must be reduced to advance public policy goals.

(Not) Prosecuting Financial Crimes

(Not) Prosecuting Financial Crimes

Holding companies accountable for crimes is essential, yet more must be done to end “too big to jail” concerns.

Combatting External and Internal Regulatory Capture

Combatting External and Internal Regulatory Capture

External and internal capture may be reduced through a more logical division of labor between Congress and agencies.

Week in Review

Week in Review

D.C. Circuit upholds FCC’s Open Internet Order, Speaker Paul Ryan unveils major regulatory reform proposal, and more…