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Deregulated Quotes

On markets left to set their own prices, for better or worse.

These quotes look at deregulation across industries - fuel prices set by oil marketers, banking rules loosened enough that crime sometimes still pays, and power markets opened only halfway. One traces how it played out California's energy crisis.

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.

Quotes by William Greider

Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.

Quotes by Veerappa Moily

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

Quotes by Ibrahim Babangida

Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market.

Quotes by Gray Davis

Ale Quotes

So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market.

Quotes by Gray Davis

To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, the state sets prices high enough for private companies to cover their costs and earn a guaranteed profit for their investors. But in a deregulated...

Quotes by Alex Berenson

Frequently Asked Questions

How is petrol pricing described as deregulated?
One quote explains that petrol prices are set by oil marketing companies based on their own input costs and other factors, rather than fixed by government control.
Does deregulated banking always lead to more crime, according to these quotes?
One quote suggests that in a deregulated banking and finance system, crime does occasionally pay off, though offenders sometimes settle with modest rebates rather than prison time.
Can deregulation and democratic reform happen at the same time?
One quote argues yes, describing a deregulated power structure that grew alongside continued economic liberalization and democratic forces in the same country, related to alongside.
What went wrong with California's power market deregulation?
One quote points to a flaw where the reform didn't guarantee California first claim on its own power plants, and only deregulated part of the market rather than all of it - see California.
Is deregulation treated as good or bad across these quotes?
It's mixed - some quotes describe deregulation as a reasonable market mechanism, while others point to real flaws and consequences when it's only partially applied.

Another frames deregulated power structures as running alongside democratic reform rather than against it. See also country and alongside.