Charts of the day: Diagramming corruption


From Larry Lessig via TechDirt, a stunning set of Venn diagrams laying out the extent of corporate capture of American government via that good old revolving door.

Oh, in the first diagram, note the name Steve Koonin, who went to Washington after serving as BP’s chief scientist at the $500 million research center the oil giant created right here at UC Berkeley.

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