Ok... I read this and am left thinking why... Are these part of a larger body of work? All this does really is makes a claim that Progressivism harms (while citing instances of where regulations have made a positive impact (trust-busting, Drug Regulating, Food Standards (through Upton Sinclair's 1906 work.)). This work, as is, is hardly academic. The conclusion has nothing to do with the work, and the work proves nothing, and only asserts that we now have a government different than it was 200 years ago.