To protect investors, the central government has drawn up regulations that have stifled activity.
The housing market is on the mend and US banks are in a better state than those in Europe, but budget wrangling between the White House and Congress will stifle activity over the coming months.China looks like an accident about to happen.
Security guards around the world attempting to stifle activities like Wilson's urban piloting are going to struggle, though.
In some cases, infrastructure bottlenecks and other capacity constraints were stifling economic activity.
Moran has worked for the AFL-CIO, where she coordinated worker oversight of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whash has been criticized for stifling union activity and abusing wage and hour rules.
Advertisers moaned that it would "stifle economic activity".
But in recent years the peg has stifled economic activity.
Import-dependent Egypt is facing a dollar shortage that has stifled business activity and hit confidence in the economy.
But just leaving the debt pile at close to its original size could stifle economic activity and create doubts about the financial sector's viability.
The message that government rules stifle economic activity and generally cause misery and ruin is so pervasive that it's easy to forget that intelligent regulation can protect the economic well-being of ordinary Americans, preserving jobs and helping the whole economy.
