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Yes, regulations started tightening before TMI. > This ”before regulations” time period seems to be made up on feelings about a rosy picture of the past rather
by eru 1y ago
Yes, regulations started tightening before TMI.
> This ”before regulations” time period seems to be made up on feelings about a rosy picture of the past rather than actual data.
No, we have data about costs in those earlier times, and we know what regulations came in when.
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