Regulation
A primary focus of DOGE, identified as a major burden on the US economy that stifles innovation, job growth, and disproportionately affects small businesses and middle-income individuals.
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Summary
Regulation is a fundamental concept referring to the management of complex systems through a set of rules and trends, with its specific meaning varying across different fields. In government, it primarily denotes delegated legislation designed to enforce primary laws, such as land-use regulations, and is typically issued by executive authorities or regulatory agencies. Economically, it encompasses regulatory economics and financial regulation, while in business, industries may engage in self-regulation through trade associations. Biologically, processes like gene and metabolic regulation enable organisms to adapt and maintain homeostasis. In psychology, self-regulation theory explores how individuals manage their thoughts and behaviors to achieve goals. Notably, a contemporary initiative named DOGE, spearheaded by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to significantly reduce federal spending and regulation within the US government, drawing inspiration from figures like Javier Milei and Milton Friedman, and leveraging recent Supreme Court decisions such as West Virginia vs EPA and the overturning of the Chevron Doctrine to challenge the existing regulatory framework.
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Definition
The management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
Context: Biology
Gene regulation and metabolic regulation allow living organisms to adapt to their environment and maintain homeostasis.
Context: Economy
Pertains to regulatory economics, including the imposition of economic controls on private business or broader governmental instruments like taxation or disclosure requirements.
Context: Finance
Specifically refers to financial regulation.
Context: Business
Industry self-regulation occurs through self-regulatory organizations and trade associations, allowing industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement.
Context: Government
Refers to delegated legislation adopted to enforce primary laws, often involving land-use regulation. It is a rule or mechanism that limits, steers, or controls social behavior, promulgated by government agencies with authoritative mechanisms for monitoring and enforcing compliance.
Context: Psychology
Self-regulation theory studies how individuals regulate their thoughts and behaviors to reach goals.
Purpose (Government)
To achieve government's purposes such as better and cheaper services and goods, protection of existing firms, cleaner water and air, and safer workplaces and products.
Consequences of Non-compliance
Fines, orders to cease certain activities, or in some cases, criminal penalties.
Timeline
- The Supreme Court decision in West Virginia vs EPA limited the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, which is leveraged by the DOGE initiative to challenge the regulatory state. (Source: Document 52358156-7927-4d55-a00e-cb027219bb2b)
2022-06-30
- The Supreme Court overturned the Chevron Doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, reducing judicial deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, which is leveraged by the DOGE initiative to challenge the regulatory state. (Source: Document 52358156-7927-4d55-a00e-cb027219bb2b)
2024-06-28
- The roadmap for DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), an initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, was unveiled in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. This initiative aims to aggressively cut federal spending and unnecessary regulation within the US Government. (Source: Document 52358156-7927-4d55-a00e-cb027219bb2b)
2024-06-03
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Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For example: in government, typically regulation (or its plural) refers to the delegated legislation which is adopted to enforce primary legislation; including land-use regulation in economy: regulatory economics in finance: financial regulation in business, industry self-regulation occurs through self-regulatory organizations and trade associations which allow industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement; and, in biology, gene regulation and metabolic regulation allow living organisms to adapt to their environment and maintain homeostasis; in psychology, self-regulation theory is the study of how individuals regulate their thoughts and behaviors to reach goals.
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- Regulation - Wikipedia
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For example: [...] in government, typically regulation (or its plural) refers to the delegated legislation which is adopted to enforce primary legislation; including land-use regulation in economy: regulatory economics in finance: financial regulation in business, industry self-regulation occurs through self-regulatory organizations and trade associations which allow industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement; and, [...] General term for rules, including delegated legislation and self-regulation For other uses, see Regulation (disambiguation) "Regulation (disambiguation)"). Not to be confused with Relegation.
- Regulation - Econlib
Regulation consists of requirements the government imposes on private firms and individuals to achieve government’s purposes. These include better and cheaper services and goods, protection of existing firms from “unfair” (and fair) competition, cleaner water and air, and safer workplaces and products. Failure to meet regulations can result in fines, orders to cease doing certain things, or, in some cases, even criminal penalties.
- Regulation | Definitions, Theoretical Approaches, & Facts
Regulation has a variety of meanings that are not reducible to a single concept. In the field of public policy, regulation refers to the promulgation of targeted rules, typically accompanied by some authoritative mechanism for monitoring and enforcing compliance. Accordingly, for a long time in the United States, for example, the study of regulation has been synonymous with the study of the independent agencies enforcing it. In political economy, it refers to the attempt of the state to steer [...] # regulation Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. regulation, in government, a rule or mechanism that limits, steers, or otherwise controls social behaviour. ## Defining regulation [...] the economy, either narrowly defined as the imposition of economic controls on the behaviour of private business or, more broadly, to include other governmental instruments, such as taxation or disclosure requirements. The two meanings share a focus on the state’s attempt to intervene in private activities.
- REGULATION Definition & Meaning
1 of 2 noun ------------------------------------------------------- reg·u·la·tionˌre-gyə-ˈlā-shən") ˌre-gə-, also ˌrā- Synonyms of _regulation_ 1 :the act of regulating:the state of being regulated 2 a :an authoritative rule dealing with details or procedure safety regulations b :a rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law 3 a [...] :the act of regulating :the state of being regulated 2 a :a rule or order telling how something is to be done safety _regulations_ in a factory b :a rule or order having the force of law regulation 2 of 2 adjective :being in agreement with regulations a _regulation_ baseball Medical Definition ------------------ regulation noun reg·u·la·tionˌreg-yə-ˈlā-shən, ˌreg-ə-ˈlā-") 1 :the act of regulating also:the resulting state or condition 2 a [...] specifically:a rule or order issued by a government agency and often having the force of law see also Administrative Procedure Act
- What is a Regulation, Anyway? - Paralegal College
The short answer is that a regulation is a law created by a government agency, namely the bureaucracy. And so I sit there and think about the past and how bureaucrats have been vilified. [...] So you can’t do that very well until you understand what a regulation is in the first place. So again, it’s a law created by a government agency as part of its responsibility to implement and enforce laws enacted by legislatures. [...] Now, an interesting thing– regulations are not part of a legislative process per se. In other words, you don’t run around voting on them and things like that. Rather, regulations are considered law. And if the legislature doesn’t like it, doesn’t like the particular law, then it’s free to take the necessary measures to ensure that that regulation that somehow offends the law is eliminated.
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View on DBPediaRegulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For example: * in biology, gene regulation and metabolic regulation allow living organisms to adapt to their environment and maintain homeostasis; * in government, typically regulation means stipulations of the delegated legislation which is drafted by subject-matter experts to enforce primary legislation; * in business, industry self-regulation occurs through self-regulatory organizations and trade associations which allow industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement; and, * in psychology, self-regulation theory is the study of how individuals regulate their thoughts and behaviors to reach goals.
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Regulation, 13a, Bateman Street, Soho, London, Greater London, England, W1D 3AF, United Kingdom
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