35 years ago in Reason.

• Position: Citings - Quotation

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"Suddenly the hottest issue in Washington seems to be reform of the vast network of government regulatory agencies. Senators and Representatives of every political stripe are stumbling over one another to introduce legislation... to denounce... 'excessive' government control of business."

--"Trends: Regulatory Reform"

"The abuses in the loan market that new legislation was designed to correct had themselves been caused by earlier legislators' desires to make sure that interest rates never reached 'unreasonable' or 'unconscionable' levels. It should not be difficult to grasp that a transaction occurs only ira gain is expected from...