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deregulation

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Deregulation
The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.

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Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the utility industry (power companies) in North America started to deregulate.

Deregulation
The reduction of government's role in controlling markets, which lead to freer markets, and presumably a more efficient marketplace.
deregulation
The act of removing controls from some sector of the economy. In nearly all cases, deregulation of a given industry has both positive and negative implications for investors. Typically, firms in a strong financial position benefit from deregulation, while firms in a weak financial position suffer.
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Deregulation began in earnest in the early 80s with the partial privatization of Japan National Railways (JNR), Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) and Japan Tobacco.
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Kuttner, co-editor of" The American Prospect, continued: "In principle, deregulation of the power industry was supposed to use the discipline of free markets to generate just the right amount of electricity at the right price.
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