The Federal Government has spent the past few years rolling back regulations. See if you can find recent examples of the removal of regulations. Or find recent examples of corporate mergers that have been allowed.

Pick one of these two topics and find a recent example to share with your fellow students.

1. REGULATIONS: Under the Trump administration many regulations affecting big business were removed. The Biden administration has already put some back in place.We have moved from a pro-business era where regulations implemented by the Obama administration were removed to a time when they are being put back. See if you can find recent examples of the removal of regulations, or the re-enactment of regulations. Explain how the removal of these regulations may impact consumers and/or the environment. I just heard one on the news about protection of birds, and we may all be familiar with the Keystone Pipeline.And who could miss the mess in Texas with unregulated electricity prices!

2. MERGERS:Find recent examples of corporate mergers that have been approved by the Justice Department in the past two years.Some of these may have been denied previously but under the new administration they are suddenly being approved. Identify what type of mergers these would be: vertical, horizontal, or conglomerate. Then explain how these mergers may impact consumers. Sprint and T-Mobile were turned down a few times but got the green light under the Trump justice department.