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deregulation  

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  • Deregulation is the easing or elimination of governmental restrictions on economic activity. In the past century, in advanced capitalist economies such as that of the United States, governments instituted many rules restricting business behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Deregulation]

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