Agency Quote by Paul A. Baran

Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.

— Ted Cruz

If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's…

— James Surowiecki

The concept of industry domination of regulatory agencies was well known and documented in the literature by the 1960s.

— Nick Johnson

I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.

— Piyush Goyal

I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system.

— Richard Shelby

I think we're fooling ourselves if we think that regulators are going to be able to outsmart the bankers. So, the task of designing…

— Robert F. Engle

There is no evidence that more regulation makes things better. The most highly regulated industry in America is commercial banking, and that didn't save…

— Wilbur Ross

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

— Clint Eastwood

The government isn't going to say, "We're going to regulate banks, but we'll leave these other companies alone." I think the regulators want to…

— Jamie Dimon

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

— Paul R. Ehrlich

However, you have to recognize that regulations will never be completely successful and they will always be full of holes. You must constantly be…

— George Soros

Our current way of regulating the financial system is dysfunctional. Oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be…

— Thomas Frank