Reigning in the Regulatory State
09 October 2020
Diane Katz, Senior Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy at Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how reforming regulation can spur economic growth, why policy decisions provide tangible benefits to easing regulatory burdens, and additional measures that are necessary to reduce red tape and costs to taxpayers while driving innovation.
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