#regulation

It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation. ↗

— George Stigler

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If I may discuss the idea of explosion. The number of regulations issued in the last two years is approximately the same as the number issued in the last two years of the Bush administration. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

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If there's a regulation that's saving 10,000 lives and costing one job, it's worth it. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

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Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified. ↗

— John Sununu

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Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation. ↗

— John Sununu

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There is no such thing as free regulation. ↗

— John Hutton

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But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth. ↗

— John Hutton

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What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right. ↗

— John Redwood

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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ↗

— Adam Smith

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