Relevant wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture Edit to add: For a specific Goldman

Relevant wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture Edit to add: For a specific Goldman Sachs context, see for example: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/26/us-regulator-ray-rice-tapes-finance-goldman-sachs http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/26/us-regulator... Maybe there's some reason I missed that this didn't make a bigger or longer-lasting splash.