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by vasilipupkin 2547 days ago
According to information in the article, some economists found that increased regulation reduces number of market participants and increases power of incumbents, who improve their fortunes through lobbying. Rather than let the narrative be what the data says, the author injected a somewhat BS interpretation about how the data agrees with Bernie - when it points to the opposite of what Bernie wants, namely that we need less regulation, not more. This was possibly done for clickbaity purposes.