The phrase "activist regulation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe regulatory actions or policies that are driven by activist principles or movements, often aimed at social or environmental change.
Example: "The government has implemented activist regulation to address climate change and promote sustainable practices among corporations."
Alternatives: "proactive regulation" or "advocacy-driven regulation".
"Strong activist regulation" too, which Wallace does not say as if it were a bad thing.
There's a pretty strong consensus among all but the most ideologically conservative economists that the solution would involve considerable public investment in education, infrastructure, and green energy, new policies to promote domestic manufacturing, more activist regulation of the financial industry in particular, and a more progressive tax structure.
A major part of his approach, he added, would be to put an end to what he described as the Obama administration's complicity in allowing bureaucrats to "grind the economy to a halt in pursuit of activist regulations".
During a speech, AFBF president Bob Stallman said that American farmers and ranchers "must aggressively respond to extremists" and "misguided, activist-driven regulation".
Predictably, the loss of trust in corporate oversight has produced two inevitable responses: lawmakers and regulators push stronger regulation, while activist shareholders strive to exercise greater influence over corporate governance.
They are, for instance, likelier to believe in activist government and stronger regulation.
He shows how misguided activists affect the complex regulation of agriculture in the U.S., Europe, and the developing world.
Talented executives have left public companies in droves to work at private companies — outside the harsh spotlight of the stock market, activist investors and new regulations.
The sophistication with which neighborhood groups wield San Francisco's arcane land-use and zoning regulations for activist purposes is one of the very unique things about the city's politics.
Many Republicans, anti-regulation activists and the food-packaging and chemical industries insist that BPA is harmless and all but indispensable to keeping canned food safe by sealing the cans and preventing corrosion, and to producing many other products at reasonable prices.
