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Regulation

Striking a regulatory balance

Posted: January 19, 2011 by Ken Cohen

In his op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (“Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System”), President Obama opened with the following statement: “For two centuries, America’s free market has not only been the source of dazzling ideas and path-breaking products, it has also been the greatest force for prosperity the world has ever known.” We could not agree more. Free markets drive innovation and growth across all sectors of our economy, including the energy sector.



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