Deregulated

Word DEREGULATED
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Definitions and meanings of "Deregulated"

What do we mean by deregulated?

To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.

What American political conservatives believe is best for the American economy, especially in the industry of finance, even though it is best known for delivering excessive profits during periods of economic growth, high unemployment once the economy stalls, and ever-widening levels of economic inequality. It also makes white-collar crime much easier. Urban Dictionary

If you hear this word mentioned in a positive light, odds are someone rich is talking. Deregulation of various industries is a concept loudly heralded by Republicans and Conservatives in general as a means to "promote competition" and "stimulate the economy". These people can be trusted of course because, as we all know, their brilliant strategy of cutting taxes for the people most likely to send labor off American shores and setting the tax burden on the lower and middle classes is working like a charm. Anyone with half a brain can quickly figure out that they're more or less looking for a friendlier way of saying they'd like to make it easier to act outside the law, let unsafe and under-tested products roll off assembly lines on the cheap, and bring back the days before the Clayton Antitrust Act; a glorious time period in which the grand-daddies of the current crop of Republicans made their money and earned their clout. Urban Dictionary

The shit that allowed Clear Channel to systematically take over every radio station in the country, and force crap like Maroon 5 and Britney Spears into our ears over and over and over and over and over... Urban Dictionary

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The word "deregulated" in example sentences

A study prepared for public utility commissioners of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation finds that “any allowance allocation” in deregulated markets “will result in consumer-funded windfall profits,” and says investing allowance auction proceeds in “technologies and strategies that directly reduce energy use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is one effective strategy for lowering consumer costs.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

But as energy prices have soared, electricity rates have gone up more in deregulated states than in regulated ones …. ❋ Nick Anthis (2006)

Thaler’s point is that many people hate making these choices and if people refuse to make informed decisions in deregulated markets, we will be slow to see the benefits of deregulation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That’s the conclusion of a national utility expert, who also reports that those in deregulated states typically have had larger rate increases than customers in states still under regulation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We began building our sandcastles in the sky in the 1970s, when economists and policy-makers fell in love with the idea of deregulated markets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 1968, they were privatized and therefore deregulated, which is to say, profitable for the few and corrupt for the many. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In addition to the computational analysis, clustering of probesets was based on our extensive lists of genes previously described as deregulated in PD, and which include a wide spectrum of cellular pathways and processes ❋ Filip Simunovic Et Al. (2010)

- the American power market was recently deregulated, which is expected to make the industry more open. ❋ Ed Hollett (2007)

But just imagine if Republicans had their way in your life -- say they 'deregulated' traffic laws, for instance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As I argue in greater detail elsewhere (Pfau), today's specialized, institutionally embedded, and professionalized mode of intellectual production will likely fail to recognize itself as yet another symptom of a wholly "deregulated" modernity by construing the endless accumulation of new critical perspectives as the practical realization of liberty. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Or let ` s say Elin falls into a depression and gets kind of deregulated emotionally when she ` s around the children because the children might remind her of the father. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reflecting on the French journalist's remarks I must wonder how all this might have been different had Americans the people of the U.S., not all the Americas chosen a path different from that of Ronald Reagan, his jocular racism, and the "deregulated" capitalism ushered in by his cronies, an ultra-aggressive financial culture significantly less accountable to the people and the national government than it already had been. ❋ Marian (2008)

The Clinton administration supported net neutrality, but the president also signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which gave away billions worth of spectrum, lifted radio ownership caps, and "deregulated" cable, only to drive cable rates up 50% nationwide. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, I think Newfoundland can adapt some of the strategies that Iceland has used to get were they are today, such as deregulated economic climate, and ability to quickly adapt to changes in the econmic and business culture. ❋ Ed Hollett (2007)

● In the process, our "deregulated" electric rates were frozen in time, by law, until 2010. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The new "deregulated" markets are intentionally opaque so the medicine men and hucksters who designed them could fleece the public from the comfort of their Wall Street enclaves. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The FCC released rules for the newly 'deregulated' providers of high-speed Internet service over digital subscriber lines -- and mandated that they and Internet telephone companies design their networks to facilitate surveillance by law enforcement. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In 1999, led by conservative [Republican Senator] Phil [Gramm] from Texas, the U.S. Congress repealed the [Glass-Steagall] Act, which has stood since 1934 in an act of deregulation. Those 65 years were marked with steady economic growth and economic crises that were very mild, at worst. Since 1999, commercial banks started gambling with depositors' money, and this then created a culture of excessive risk-taking on Wall Street that turned it into a casino that eventually crashed the worldwide economy in 2008. ❋ DEA302 (2010)

"Deregulating the [__________] industry is essential to promote competition and stimulate [the economy]." -Every Republican politician or [businessman] has uttered these words at least one time in his career. ❋ Squid Wrangler (2005)

Me: Shit, nigga... Thanks to the FCC and their [deregulation] of the [airwaves] (plus a nice little bribe), [Clear Channel] has taken over the country and is ruining radio! Some Guy: Nigga WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUT? ❋ Awol (2004)

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