Avoiding the so-called 'Law of unintended consequences' is used a lot to try and justify races-to-the-bottom. A jurisdiction could require better environmental

Avoiding the so-called 'Law of unintended consequences' is used a lot to try and justify races-to-the-bottom. A jurisdiction could require better environmental safeguards, encouraging high-polluting employers to leave that jurisdiction for [$name-of-jurisdiction-with-more-lax-environmental-regulations]. That doesn't mean the environmental safeguards should never be promulgated.