Deregulation

Deregulation, dismantling of legal and governmental restrictions on the operation of certain businesses.

For information on:

• philosophy supporting deregulation, see Laissez-Faire
• deregulation in the United States airline industry, see Air Transport Industry: Economic, Safety, and Regulatory Trends; Airport; Civil Aeronautics Board
• partial deregulation of broadcasting, see Radio and Television Broadcasting: The Regulation of Broadcasting
• banking deregulation and its effects, see Banking: Commercial Banking Today; Money: Recent Developments
• railroad deregulation, see Government Regulation of Railroads: Deregulation Movements; Railroad Labor Organizations
• competition in the utility business, see Public Utilities: Ownership
• deregulation outside the United States, see Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Spain: The Socialist Era; Sweden: Fall and Return of the Social Democrats
• deregulation of transport industry, see Interstate Commerce Commission
• United States presidents and deregulation, see Jimmy Carter: Domestic Affairs; Ronald W(ilson) Reagan: Economic Policy