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  2. Iron triangle (US politics) - Wikipedia

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    An iron triangle relationship can result in regulatory capture, the passing of very narrow, pork-barrel policies that benefit a small segment of the population. The interests of the agency's constituency (the interest groups) are met, while the needs of consumers (which may be the general public) are passed over.

  3. Issue network - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S, the most common tactic of effective issue networks is the role they play in what is called Iron Triangles. This is the three-way back-and-forth communication process between Congress, Bureaucracies, and the interest groups that make up an issue network where they discuss policy and agendas in order to compromise on solutions to ...

  4. Iron Triangle of Health Care - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the Iron Triangle of Health Care was first introduced in William Kissick’s book, Medicine’s Dilemmas: Infinite Needs Versus Finite Resources in 1994, describing three competing health care issues: access, quality, and cost containment. [1] [2] Each of the vertices represents identical priorities. Increasing or decreasing one ...

  5. Project management triangle - Wikipedia

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    The project management triangle. The project management triangle (called also the triple constraint, iron triangle and project triangle) is a model of the constraints of project management. While its origins are unclear, it has been used since at least the 1950s. [1] It contends that:

  6. Military–industrial complex - Wikipedia

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    Conceptually, it is closely related to the ideas of the iron triangle (the three-sided relationship between Congress, the executive branch bureaucracy, and interest groups) and the defense industrial base (the network of organizations, facilities, and resources that supplies governments with defense-related goods and services). [10] [11]

  7. Iron Triangle - Wikipedia

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    Iron Triangle (Vietnam), the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon; Iron Triangle, Richmond, California, a neighborhood bounded on its three sides by railroad tracks; Willets Point, Queens, New York, known as "Iron Triangle" for its metal works

  8. Alchemical symbol - Wikipedia

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    The exact correlation varied over time, and in early centuries bronze or electrum were sometimes found instead of mercury, or copper for Mars instead of iron; however, gold, silver, and lead had always been associated with the Sun, Moon, and Saturn. [note 1] The associations below are attested from the 7th century and had stabilized by the 15th ...

  9. Dan Briody - Wikipedia

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    The Iron Triangle put Briody in the media spotlight, commenting to audiences curious about the confluence of the military business and politics. Briody appeared in Michael Moore 's movie Fahrenheit 9/11 , talking about how the Carlyle Group benefited from 9/11 and the Bush family's connections with the Carlyle Group and Saudi Arabia . [ 1 ]