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by throw2016 2839 days ago
Revolving doors lead to corruption. Study after study have shown this. [1] The recent patent examiners study by the national bureau of economics research again confirms this. [2]

There is no basis to advocate status quo by setting up false choices and appeals to expertise in the face of overwhelming evidence.

The impact in the financial industry, telecom, pharma and literally any segment shows incredibly damaging consequences. This is simply too high a cost to pay for some people's feelings of how the world should work versus how it actually does.

[1] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/fda-s-revolving-door-...

[2] http://www.nber.org/papers/w24638.pdf