regulation, The Freethinking Times https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/topics/regulation/ Articles tagged regulation at The Freethinking Times en Federal Regulators Quietly Shelved Three Major Investigations Last Quarter https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/news/federal-regulators-shelved-investigations/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/news/federal-regulators-shelved-investigations/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Documents obtained through FOIA requests reveal that enforcement actions against major financial institutions were dropped without explanation in the final weeks of the fiscal year. News Staff Reporter On Your Coverage of Regulatory Capture https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/letters/on-regulatory-capture-coverage/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/letters/on-regulatory-capture-coverage/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT A reader with thirty years in federal regulatory work responds to our field guide. Letters Letters Editor How Regulatory Capture Actually Works: A Field Guide https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/analysis/regulatory-capture-field-guide/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/analysis/regulatory-capture-field-guide/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The textbook definition of regulatory capture is too clean. Here is how the process actually unfolds, in practice, across industries and decades. Analysis The Editors