And a funny choice of citations. The CEA released its first “report” under the leadership of Kevin Hassett. The report, entitled The Growth Potential of Deregulation, is summarized thusly: Excessive regulation is a tax on the economy, costing the U.S. an average of 0.8 percent of GDP growth per year since 1980. This taxation by … Continue reading A Curiously Non-Quantitative Assessment of Deregulation Effects on Economic Growth