However, critics have argued that the measure is regressive and may result in unintended consequences, such as illicit alcohol sales.
Ever since he made it to the White House, he has been content to champion the G.O.P.'s deeply regressive agenda, despite the dire consequences it would have for many people who voted for him.
The material consequences of espousing flawed, regressive, or even bigoted views seem more clear than they have in years.
His over-reported rivalry with his fellow Conservative has helped conceal the two men's shared political goals, illustrated in Johnson's case by the cultivation of links with powerful media and business interests, a preoccupation with cutting "waste" whatever the consequences and, most importantly, a regressive approach to urban development dignified as "listening to Londoners".
When NATO exploited the Arab Spring to overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, he wrote the consequence would be "disintegration" as a regressive Islamism captured Libya's institutions.
Cheap energy and excessive public employment are inefficient, regressive, and often exclusive tools of distribution, with deleterious consequences for non-oil diversification, fiscal sustainability, and, in the long run, the potential of local societies to find a growth-oriented compromise between national workers and business.
These are highly regressive.
Categories are almost regressive.
