two-for-one order
The Rise of Benefit-Blind Analysis
The Trump Administration cares about regulatory costs. Regulatory benefits? Not so much.
Since Ronald Reagan’s time, there has been a consensus among conservatives that cost-benefit analysis (CBA) should be the gold standard for regulation. That approach has given them common ground with moderates such as Cass Sunstein, many economists (whether liberal or conservative), and at least a few scholars more environmentally inclined. Cost-benefit analysis has had its …
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CONTINUE READINGTrump’s 2-for-1 Order: Legal Issues
Some applications would be clearly illegal. Others are less clear.
Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) requiring agencies to repeal at least two regs for every new reg and also capping the combined compliance costs of all the regulations issued in a given year. To see what the legal effect is, we need to tease out several scenarios. Of course, we can never be 100% sure of …
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