Visualizing the growth of federal regulation since 1950
Senior Research Fellow Patrick McLaughlin demonstrates the growth of federal regulation in the United States since 1950 by stacking books from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The red and black colors do not signify anything relevant to this demonstration. The federal government releases partial updates to the CFR on a quarterly basis and changes the color from one year to the next.
Book stacks for 1950, 1970, and 1990 are represented using the average size volume in 2013, which is roughly 750 pages long. Stack size is calculated by dividing the page count in those years by 750 pages. The data for page counts in the CFR comes from
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It’s almost like the world gets more complex. Hmm…Even red states regulation has gone up. It’s natural. And not to mention, regulation is not a bad thing.
Audit Them. Bottom diddly
If you have too many rules – people will start ignoring them. It's like a law of nature.
more and more regulation by the day, eventually you wont be allowed to do anything. each law each regulation the less freedom to the individual. tyranny
Totalitarian tip-toe.
Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5rlXQ3jDTU
this needs updating, with a graph.
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and still no term limits for congress, hmmm
how absurd is it !
Need an updated display throughout Obama and reversal since Trump.
Obviously you have to calculate for population growth and countless other changes in our nation. This type of presentation can easily be interpreted as disingenuous. Not saying all regs are good but if you've interest in an honest objective assessment, many regs are just necessary for safety and long term survival.
How do I go to that paper he mentions at the end?
Look at the complexity of US tax codes vs frech or other OECDs, are we to say that the rest are less advanced today? let's not kid ourselves, regulation is a political currency. Leeways and savehaven in exchange for support between corporations and government.
America is not a free country. Some people want more government. China probably has less regulation than America. That's why China is booming while America is collapsing. Too much regulation. There is no point of voting because both parties want more regulation.
Bog the political process down into a hopeless snarl. Classic marxist tactic for subverting a society! Make it complicated so people will just give up trying to fight it. And all this regulation means , of course, more fees and taxes. Yet another method of enslavement. (how do you enslave someone?: you take their money!)I would also throw in Fabian Socialism which ushers in Marxism by instituting gradual socialist reforms. Communism by legislation. I believe it was Jefferson who said: "It is the natural way of things that a central government increases in power and the rights of the individual wane". That's just what we are witnessing!
PHONY, Left-WIng Jews have been the primary force leading to the spider-web of Federal Regulations that are strangling the USA's economy.
Happy 4th of July, everybody…
There are many regulations that cost loads of tax money, much of which are completely unnecessary, and that only benefit the special interests. Suggesting that regulation has done good for minorities and children can be a misconception, as markets alone have the power to improve working conditions and consumer services on their own behalf.
Also note that in regions of higher quantities of enforced and highly restrictive regulations, crime is significantly higher. Whether or not conditions were already dire in those areas prior to regulation, the stats have shown that the situation has not necessarily improved as falsely suggested by many progressives.
We must also consider that a grave majority of legislatures worry primarily of their pensions, when a vote is to be made. Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois went on an epic rant on having to vote on thousands of pages worth of bills by certain due dates, without having much time to completely comprehend them in order to make full informed decisions on the house floor.
This is a huge problem in the American bureaucratic system today.
So much for a 'free' country.
Over regulation is the cancer that is killing the US.
"Man must either be governed by God or ruled by tyrants". In the 50s and 60s God was kicked out of school and government. Coincidence? I think not.
I'm curious: Is McLaughlin the tallest Fellow at Mercatus? If so, then it does goes to show how ridiculous the regularoty burden is.
This has to be put in to context. Regulations are necessary. We have a lot more things going on in the world today than we did in 1950. Just saying we do or don't need 18 times more without proper context is just propaganda and pandering to a base if uninformed people.
Bu-bu-but! The 2008 financial crisis was caused by too little regulation! Everyone knows that!
Sarcasm.
Very effective when you see the visuals. Regulations kills human potential.
Without federal regulation, companies used to dump waste wherever they could, and they used small children to repair industrial machinery. Regulation is a good thing, as it protects the american workers from the industry. I'm not anti-capitalist in any sense of the word, but I acknowledge the fact that a corporation is driven only by the economic principle. If it is more profitable to ruin the environment or their workers' lives, then they will do that. It's the way they operated before regulation, and it's the way the will operate again if you eliminate regulation.
America is a free country LOL
This is what we are doing to ourselves America. Republican or Democrat it doesn't matter.
Excellent visualization!
IT IS NOW AGAINST ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT LAWS IN AMERICA, TO WORK IN AMERICA, TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING IN AMERICA.
Great video to help us visualize why America is now failing under oppressive government regulations that end up being counterproductive to a good economy. Thumbs up!