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deregulate
(redirected from Financial Deregulation)

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de·reg·u·late  (d-rgy-lt)
tr.v. de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing, de·reg·u·lates
To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry.

de·regu·lation n.
de·regu·lator n.
de·regu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

deregulate [diːˈrɛgjʊˌleɪt]
vb
(tr) to remove regulations or controls from
deregulation  n
deregulator  n
deregulatory  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.deregulate - lift the regulations on
exempt, relieve, free - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
govern, regularise, regularize, regulate, order - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
Translations
deregulate [diːˈregjʊleɪt] VTdesregular
deregulate [diːˈrɛgjʊleɪt] vt (= remove controls from) [+ service, industry] → déréglementer
deregulate
deregulate [dɪˈrɛgjʊˌleɪt] vtderegolamentare


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In examining the origins of the 2008 collapse, he goes back to the financial deregulation of the 1980s-90s pushed by conservatives, and the social engineering efforts in housing and mortgage lending pushed by liberals.
Ed Miliband vowed Tuesday to ditch the baggage of Tony Blair and the climate of financial deregulation blamed by some for the economic downturn.
Interestingly, they choose not some DLC type or Blue Dog for the poster child of Democratic complicity in financial deregulation and the subsequent meltdown, but Chuck Schumer, who is an impeccably partisan progressive Democrat on most issues but thinks of Wall Street as a New York constituency group.
 
 
 
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