Regulatory Arbitrage
REG-yuh-luh-tor-ee AR-bih-trazhnoun
What it means
The business model of performing an activity in whichever jurisdiction has not yet made it illegal.
What it actually means
We checked which country would let us.
How it is used in a sentence
"We operate through a subsidiary for regulatory reasons."
Filed under
Digital Existentialism — Ideas that were briefly worth billions, explained by people who are briefly employed.
Diagnosis — The phrase already names a real problem. We define it properly.
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