So far the GI practice covers only telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and the industry Carey says will be the next hotbed of post-deregulation turmoil--utilities.

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In the early post-communist days, deregulation did, of course, have its advantages.

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All his most cherished plans reform of road-building, post-office privatisation, deregulation of services, a rethink of Japan's outdated security policy, attempts to tackle the huge budget deficit have been eviscerated by his own side.

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His reform proposals included deregulation and privatization most notably of the post savings system as well as devolution of authority and financial resources to the local level.

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That doubtless influenced the financial deregulation that preceded the crisis, helped shape the response and is plainly influencing post-crisis efforts at regulatory reform.

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We moved to private sector leadership, and I outlined the debate I summed up in an earlier post: Was the financial crisis caused, as many on the left say, by failed government leadership bringing about deregulation and failed Wall Street leadership encouraging unbridled greed?

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