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To regulate an industry is to make rules about how its participants may behave. This worlds away from government participating in the industry directly.

Public housing is a public service; rent control is regulation.

Public transit is a public service; fuel efficiency standards are regulation.

Medicare is a public service; the medical licensing regime is regulation.




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