Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Sep. 25, 2008
Lawyers Were Never the Problem
Entirely unregulated markets have resulted in a form of big-government socialism beyond would-be regulators' wildest dreams. The problem here was never too many laws or lawyers, but too few.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner, Bastian & Dini
Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211
Phone: (310) 789-1955
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Email: robbastian@aol.com
Whittier Law School
During in the American economic paradigm shift that occurred largely in the 1970s and '80s, one debating point was that the American economy was ladled, shackled and betrundled with too many lawyers. Japan was held as an example of a dynamic, unfettered economy that was not only outperforming, but buying up America, starting with Rockefeller Center.
That was pretty much the sum and substance of the argument. Admittedly thin, it nonetheless fit the narrative that American was fall...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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