Regulation is often the means by which politicians and incumbent businesses collude to amplify their own power and wealth at the expense of outsiders — including competitors and consumers.

While many in the mainstream and liberal media see arguments against regulation as, per se, advancing the interests of big business, left-of-center writers are increasingly seeing what libertarians have always emphasized: Regulation is often cronyist protection.

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