The delicate tension between personal freedom and collective compulsion
In short: Why is regulation so inherently controversial? Dame Suzi Leather explores the fundamental political paradox that defines a regulator's role: balancing our desire for autonomy with our expectation that others be controlled.
Regulators occupy a difficult middle ground in democratic society. They must navigate the inherent friction between two opposing human instincts—the resistance to being told what we can do, and the belief that other people's behaviors should be restricted.
This lecture clarifies the core purpose of regulation to determine what actually constitutes a 'good' regulator. By understanding these underlying goals, one can move past the binary view of regulators as either powerless or overreaching.
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