Regulated industries and the divide between Silicon Valley and DC
New bank charters actually were running pretty high up until 2008, and then they dropped to zero. Whatever happened in banking reform and regulation, and […]
revolving door
Podcast: James Hasik on the defense industry, intellectual property, the B-21, and more
Jim Hasik joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of topics. He was a former naval officer and long time […]
2,072 retired top brass officers employed at defense firms, circa 1969
Last month, Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said that as of February 1969 the top 100 defense contractors employed 2,072 retired military officers of the rank of colonel […]
The upside of capture
In a previous post, I described how Luigi Zingales’ framework of regulatory capture also applies to the defense industry. I will here try to describe […]
How are defense officials captured by industry?
Regulatory capture happens when Government officials bias policies in favor of the firms supposedly being regulated. Usually there is no overt corruption involved in capture. […]
Sunday Links
Update on the readiness crisis. Electronic warfare. Jedi cloud computing contract. Aviation crisis. Revolving door stats.