Increasing the scope of regulation may well prevent the precise problems that led to this crisis from recurring in the same way, but nothing stops financiers from finding ways to evade the plethora of regulations that the fund is proposing.

ECONOMIST: World economy

Because the perpetrators are clever to not misrepresent these products, because the products are so complex they are beyond the ability of regulators and law enforcement to figure out, and because most of these products are outside the scope of regulation by any agency, they may never be convicted.

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Given this interpretation, it is not surprising that the IMF has thrown its weight strongly behind an enormous increase in the scale and scope of financial regulation in a series of papers leading up to the G20 meetings.

ECONOMIST: World economy

MPs will also have to vote on a Standing Order 75 motion to extend the scope of the bill, so that the whole issue of press regulation will come within its scope.

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The U.S. calls the broad Chinese proposal on regulating the Internet "both unnecessary and beyond the appropriate scope" of U.N. regulation.

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It's central to the House bill, which specifically authorizes regulators to be able to do exactly this type of regulation, on scope, on scale, and the size of institutions.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

While I agree that lemonade stands are beyond the scope of what is supposed to be the purpose of government regulation of the food industry.

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The government has said it wants to increase the scope of the Freedom of Information Act and is considering new curbs on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - which it brought in - after revelations about some local councils using it to spy on minor offenders.

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