Launched in 2011, EPI’s Regulatory Policy Research program debunks claims that regulations impede job creation and addresses attempts to roll back laws that protect the environment and guarantee worker protections.
The economic—and other—benefits of regulations
“We hear about the cost of the regulations without considering the value of the benefits,” says Isaac Shapiro, who joined EPI earlier this year to launch and direct EPI’s new program on Regulatory Policy Research. Here, Shapiro outlines some of the goals of EPI’s new program and discusses the controversy surrounding many regulations.
