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djierardi • yesterday at 6:50 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you want regulatory capture, you have to capture the world, not just the US.


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Gormo • yesterday at 7:00 PM

The US remains the largest economy in the world. If you succeed in regulatory capture there, and use it to exclude foreign competitors from the US, you've still captured a market worth hundreds of billions.

djierardi • yesterday at 6:55 PM

Exactly. And with the whole world just a few months behind, the question is whether there's an endgame other than stalemate.