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We have seen a huge shift over the past twenty years (Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979) which has revolutionised the role of the state in economy. The state used to be a direct provider of public services in what we called “the mixed economy” but has now become a facilitator or regulator of services provided by the private sector in a market economy. The importance of regulation is now so great that we increasingly talk of Britain as a “regulatory state” — but this is regulation in two senses:
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Wilks, S. (2001). Competition Policy and Deregulation in Britain: Utility Regulation and Regulatory Reform. In: Sturm, R., Dieringer, J., Müller, M.M. (eds) Rediscovering Competition. Theorie und Praxis Neuer Staatlichkeit, vol 3. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-12339-2_3
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