Regulation

Written by Jonathan Milner

Definition

A rule issued by a government agency that has the force of law. Agencies make regulations using authority delegated to them by Congress.

Example

The Food and Drug Administration's rules on nutrition labels are regulations: every packaged food sold in the United States must follow them.

 

Questions

  1. Define regulation and identify where agencies get the power to make them.

  2. Explain the difference between a law and a regulation.

  3. Describe one example of a regulation that affects your daily life.

  4. Explain one argument for and one argument against more government regulation.

  5. Explain how bureaucratic rule-making produces regulations.

  6. Identify one way Congress can overturn a regulation.

  7. Describe how interest groups try to shape regulations.

  8. Do the benefits of most regulations outweigh their costs? Explain.

  9. What emoji would do a good job of expressing the concept regulation?

  10. Translate regulation into plain English.

Remember!

Now, let’s commit this term to our long-term memory. On a scrap piece of paper, take 10 or 20 seconds to draw a regulation! Draw with symbols or stick figures if you wish. Nothing fancy. Don’t expect a masterpiece. No one else will see this but you. Look at your drawing. That’s all - now it’s downloaded into your memory. Destroy the piece of paper in a most delightful way.

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