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Public Anger Meets Broken Enforcement
- Public anger at corporate malfeasance is high and persistent.
- The enforcement mechanisms that translate that anger into prosecutions have steadily broken down.
Elite Deviance Explains Corporate Harm
- 'Elite deviance' describes large-scale harms by the wealthy that often aren't illegal.
- Many corporate practices cause more economic damage than street crime but evade criminal law.
Mandates Without Funding Create Failure
- Agencies repeatedly get more mandates but not enough funding, creating chronic failure.
- That predictable pattern produces a 'battered agency' adaptation that punishes admitting incapacity.