The subject of "Regulation" is now widely discussed. Did regulatory failures help to cause the Credit Crunch? Is the regulatory burden too heavy? What are the competition authorities up to? Are we over-protecting our children? Is the regulatory state now too powerful?

This new website aims to provide information about, and to analyse, these issues. It is written for the general public, journalists, civil servants, students and other non-experts. It therefore seeks to avoid technicality, whilst offering broadly accurate information and a balanced range of views. Although the site is still under construction, please do email the author if you have any suggestions for ways in which the site might be improved, or if you would like to draw attention to any interesting material which might be included.

The index below gives an overview of the material on this site. But you might also like to use this Google search tool.

Introductory and Discussion Material

• Regulation: a summary of all the different forms of government regulation
• Regulatory Accountability - an Introduction
• What happens when transparency meets blame avoidance? - Is excessive media and other exposure leading to weak regulation?
• Regulation in the lead up to the Credit Crunch: What went wrong, and what should be done to avoid it happening again?
• Super-regulators: Are some regulators now too large to be effective?
• Political and Regulatory Risk