Definition of "deregulation" []

• The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation. (noun)

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• "Of course, it is literally the case that nothing was completely deregulated and more accurately was re-regulated: the term deregulation indicates the level of control by the state being reduced, in line with neoliberal political ideology."
• "The strawman of being in favor of torture and madcap deregulation is exactly that, a strawman. ed Says:"
• "On the plus side, the whole case displayed how conservative deregulation is a failure and how Keynesian economics works in real time."