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'''The Iron Triangle''' is an academic concept used to describe the self-serving nature of bureaucracies and the organizations or institutions that interface with and rely on them.
The Iron Triangle is often times associated with the [[Military-industrial complex]],<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1982-03-01/iron-triangle-politics-defense-contracting The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting]</ref> however, it accurately describes any administrative organization, including those such as the [[Department of Education]].<ref>[https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/turning-the-tides-president-obama-and-education-reform/ Turning the Tides: President Obama and Education Reform]</ref>
The Iron Triangle is similar in some ways to Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy, which states:
<blockquote>In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.<ref>[https://www.ocala.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/11/26/nov-26-letters-readers-comment-puppy-mills-wwii-and-more/8718424002/ Today's letters: Readers comment on puppy mills, WWII and Iron Law of Bureaucracy]</ref></blockquote>
==See also==
* [[Administrative State]]
==References==
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==External Links==
* [https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-administration-officials-domestic-policy Remarks to Administration Officials on Domestic Policy], [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff90xoyiDG4 Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy : Net Neutrality], YouTube
[[Category:Bureaucracy]]
[[Category:Progressivism]]
The Iron Triangle is often times associated with the [[Military-industrial complex]],<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1982-03-01/iron-triangle-politics-defense-contracting The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting]</ref> however, it accurately describes any administrative organization, including those such as the [[Department of Education]].<ref>[https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/turning-the-tides-president-obama-and-education-reform/ Turning the Tides: President Obama and Education Reform]</ref>
The Iron Triangle is similar in some ways to Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy, which states:
<blockquote>In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.<ref>[https://www.ocala.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/11/26/nov-26-letters-readers-comment-puppy-mills-wwii-and-more/8718424002/ Today's letters: Readers comment on puppy mills, WWII and Iron Law of Bureaucracy]</ref></blockquote>
==See also==
* [[Administrative State]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External Links==
* [https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-administration-officials-domestic-policy Remarks to Administration Officials on Domestic Policy], [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff90xoyiDG4 Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy : Net Neutrality], YouTube
[[Category:Bureaucracy]]
[[Category:Progressivism]]