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Will Big Government Change The Rules of Commerce?

Alice M. Rivlin
Alice Rivlin
Alice M. Rivlin Former Brookings Expert

April 7, 2009

Alice Rivlin  joined bigthink.com to discuss how businesses can succeed in a new regulatory environment.

Question: How is government expanding opportunities for business?

Alice Rivlin: There are some quite obvious things that, companies can do right now depending on what kind of companies they are if we are fixing our crumbling infrastructure then companies that specialize in doing that will benefit it we’re giving more people access to broadband that is certainly an opportunity if we’re making our healthcare system more efficient, there will be some people who will loose by that but there will also be both providers and the healthcare technology industry that will benefit.

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