For these parties, the more regulation, and the more complex the regulation, the better. Individual businesses also demand regulation. Of course, they tend to seek regulation that favors themselves and puts competitors at a disadvantage. When someone who bear sthe burden of regulation wants to criticize regulatory practices, they are often so complicated and unclear that it is impossible to pinpoint sources of fixable inefficiency. This does not bode well for consumers.
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There are two places in American culture where you can get the temperature of the new elite, the people who are really shaping society. One is the dining room of AEI, but the other is the New York Times wedding page, in many ways a perfect encapsulation of upper-class, upscale America. Back in the 1950s, the page rarely listed jobs of the people getting married. Instead, it mentioned their conn ections, and ancestry was greatly important. Today the page is very different.