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• News: Current Events: Business and Economy: Regulations and Policies  (6)
• Society: Issues: Property Rights: Regulatory Takings  (6)

Beware Fiscal and Regulatory Drag  www.cato.org/dailys/02-22-99.html Stephen Moore talks about the approaching dangers of heavy regulation on the modern economy.

CAFRman  www.cafrman.com This site provides a guide for reviewing the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) to determine whether governments are holding excesses of the taxpayers money.

Electricity Deregulation: Wired or Tangled in the 106th Congress's Committees?  www.cei.org/gencon/004,01645.cfm Discusses differences between restructuring as opposed to deregulating a heavily regulated industry.

Power Elites & Monopoly: The Regulatory-Industrial Complex  www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/monopoly.htm With references to a variety of sources from different points of view on the ideological spectrum, this paper shows how government interventionism and socialism are the politics of oligopoly and monopoly power, and includes notes and selected bibliography.

The Real Cost of Regulation  www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2001/may/default.htm Describes indirect costs of regulation, from the perspective "The damage done by regulation is so vast, it's often hard to see." Abridged version of speech delivered by ABC News investigative reporter John Stossel on February 20, 2001.

Regulation Cost Compliance Report  home.att.net/~mwhodges/regulation.htm Research showing trends of regulatory compliance costs in America caused by federal, state, and local government.

The Regulation Home Page  www.heritage.org/Research/Regulation Regulatory studies, statistics, and information.

Regulation Magazine  www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regultn-arch.html This high-quality magazine analyzes the effects of government regulation on businesses and private conduct.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996: A Commentary on What Is Really Going on Here  www.watpa.org/telcom.html An IT consultant says that deregulation hurts people, even though it brings down prices.

Utilityregulation.com  utilityregulation.com Find news, data, reports, and other information about the regulated utility industry. Contains links to public service commissions, state consumer advocates, the FCC, and other agencies.