Regulatory Reform: Progress and Unfinished Business

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

3-1-2000

Series Information

Policy Brief 204

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

From 1980 to 2000, attitudes toward government regulation have shifted significantly. Terms like "command and control" have been replaced by "the magic of the marketplace." Yet as this statement before the Joint Economic Committee in March 2000 demonstrates, as the regulatory reform movement slows, a new strategy, focusing on the shortcomings of the basic regulatory statutes, is needed. Congress should establish an independent Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis to credibly assess the costs and benefits of proposed Congressional regulation legislation.

Keywords

Regulatory Reform, Government Regulation, Federal Policy, Public Attitudes, Office of Regulatory Analysis

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K7GH9G39

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7GH9G39

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "Regulatory Reform: Progress and Unfinished Business", Policy Brief 204, 2000, doi:10.7936/K7GH9G39.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/156.