Those who regulate business frequently come from the business environment they are intended to regulate. In the financial crisis of 2007, criticism was aimed at SEC regulators for having too close ties to the very businesses they were to oversee. In the Deepwater Horizon (Gulf Oil Spill) regulators were accused of being too chummy with the companies involved in the spill. What is the solution to this problem? If regulators are not familiar with the industries they are to oversee, how can they be effective?