This paper discusses the development of, and key issues surrounding, an FTC regulation designed specifically to help the disadvantaged. Suggestions are made for improving: the input from the disadvantaged and other concerned groups in developing such regulations; theories purporting to explain regulation; and priority-setting for future regulation.
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