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Blog Entries by Rena Steinzor from 02/2012

Bureaucracy Bashing, Obama-Style

| Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics
Read More: Regulation, Federal Agencies, President Obama, Bureaucracy, Obama Administration, Federal Government, Politics News

By casting regulatory agencies and the people who work there as tin-eared buffoons, the President makes it all the harder for the agencies and their advocates to get the political support they need to adopt badly needed safeguards.

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The Economist Recycles Old Right-Wing Ideas to Gut Public Protections

| Posted 02.21.2012 | Business
Read More: Deregulation, Regulation, The Economist, Business News

The fundamental challenge for The Economist is squaring its anti-regulatory critique with its admission that “most” of today’s regulations have monetized benefits exceeding costs. The magazine likes that, after all. So where’s the problem?

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