URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/1188
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  Onward the Regulation Revolution
Item Title Onward the Regulation Revolution
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Butcher, Willard C.
Date Created September 15, 1978
Description Capitalism is in serious trouble. In the last twenty years, our capitalistic system has been increasingly burdened by a widening web of government interference. Ever growing regulation at all levels threatens our market economy. We need a "revolution on regulation." The key to that revolution is the public. In 1977 U.S. citizens paid more than $100 billion for government regulation. Butcher discusses the impact of this on businesses, income, and jobs. The real victims of excessive regulation are the poor, but the greatest cost of regulation is personal freedom. Butcher suggests introducing economic impact statements, requiring Congress to set regulatory objectives, and calling for government adoption of a goals-oriented approach to regulation.
Subject(s) United States Deregulation Independent regulatory commissions Industrial policy
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID Program 19780915; 2003c87_a_0011067
Record Number 2003C87.877
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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