Associate Professor of Political Science Marissa Golden on How 'Deregulation Drains Government Expertise'

In an article in The Regulatory Review, Associate Professor of Political Science Marissa Golden explores the history of presidential efforts to "make bureaucratic policymakers more responsive to their elected boss in the White House."

From the article:

"The Trump Administration’s deregulatory zeal invariably invites comparison with previous eras of deregulation—especially with the Reagan years. But to understand the present moment completely, we need to go back first to the Pendleton Act of 1883 and the political thought of President Woodrow Wilson, and then, moving forward, to the frustrations experienced in the mid-20th Century by subsequent Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon."

Read the full article online.