government regulation
Official conduct codes
Government regulation refers to rules and restrictions imposed by governmental authorities on individuals, businesses, or industries.
Regulations typically aim to protect public health, safety, the environment, or economic stability: government regulation of the airline industry, government regulation of food additives.
The term often appears in political debates about the appropriate scope of state intervention in markets and private affairs.
- financial oversightMonitoring monetary activities
- price controlsMandated limits on charges
- antitrust lawsRegulations preventing corporate monopolies
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
- tariffsTaxes on imports
privacy laws · banking regulations · compliance · small print · emissions standards · building codes · tax codes · food safety standards · safety inspection · subsidies · federal mandate · trade restrictions · rulebook · red tape · monetary policy · crackdown · bureaucracy · nanny state
- mixed economyprivate sector, public sector, market economy, free market, public services
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
- cooperativesco-op, credit union, worker co-op, housing co-op, co-ops
- French State EnterprisesAir France, Renault, Orange, Thales, Airbus
government regulationfree market
Commerce without state intervention
laissez-faire · deregulation · free enterprise · market forces · privatization
government regulationself-regulation
Managing one's own behavior
self-governance · consumer choice · honor system · professional ethics · caveat emptor
government regulationlaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
libertarianism · anarcho-capitalism · economic freedom · limited government · non-interventionism
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