The entire CRE website is the result of constructing a digital library created from information collected over a period of six decades. It is an illumination of benefit-cost analysis and a history of the White House review of regulations at their infancy and during their defining years as viewed from both their supporters and opponents.
Combining benefit-cost analysis with the White House review of regulations gave birth to the concept of centralized regulatory review, an unparalleled and then extremely controversial strengthening of the Unitary Executive. The papers herein, many of which are not available elsewhere, will provide a historical record of this significant event. Hopefully the aforementioned historical record when coupled with a comparable record of current events will provide a basis for the continued improvement of centralized regulatory review.