The threat to business from government has grown as busines has been increasingly regulated. Major examples of such regulation are in workplace safety, product safety, and environmental regulation. Hence, business has increasingly attempted t o unempower the Environmental Protection Agency even though that agency is a great governmental success story. Due to EPA efforts these problems have largely vanished. However, in business ideology the EPA is an example of excessive governmental regulation.
Financial media seem to be particularly Republican in their views.
A good example of this is the CNBC Network. It is interesting to note that when representatives from these institutes appear on this network, it is not explained to the viewer that the institute is libertarian or conservative. The viewer is left to assume that such persons and institutes may represent a mainstream segment, rather than being somewhat fringe. Businessmen and their trade associations attempt to propagate this concern with over-regulation to the broader public. However, the degree of regulation experienced by the general public is much less and different as to source.