Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

Why Companies Reject Trump’s Deregulation Theology

Sometimes, opposing regulations can be bad for business.

September 4, 2019 at 12:00 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

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Here is a puzzle about some of the Donald Trump administration’s most prominent deregulatory efforts: The very companies that are supposed to benefit from those efforts do not welcome them. In some cases, they strenuously oppose them.

How can that be? There are several answers.