2025-04-16
26 分钟This is Planet Money from NPR.
So I want you to rank the following in terms of your emotional attachment to them.
Chocolate, sunsets, puppies, the study of regulation.
Let's see.
Puppies, chocolate, sunset, the study of regulations.
It comes in last place.
I was sure it was going to be number one.
Well, you know, I'm approaching retirement, so I'm trying to get my head in a different place.
That is Susan Dudley.
Susan worked on regulation in the Reagan administration and for both Bush administrations.
She's built her entire career around trying to help government agencies write better rules.
Where I spent most of my energy and my focus and my time, it would definitely start with the study of regulations.
And then maybe puppies second.
And then maybe puppies.
These days,
she teaches public policy at George Washington University where she also founded the Regulatory Study Center.
You know, when I tell people that I study regulation,
often their eyes will glaze over and they'll try to find someone else to talk to.
But increasingly, people are realizing that's where the action is.
That's where public policy gets made.