"Solving issues through greater regulation."
Before you know, we'll have an Anti-dog-eat-dog bill, and equilization of opportunity acts. The high seas will be no longer be safe. Copper and other critical materials needed for infrastructure will no longer be available. Gasoline will go through the roof to something like $33/gallon.
Companies that once stood as steady as oak trees will vanish in the night.
Good ole rail will still be available. The only thing missing is Rearden metal.
When government forces banks to loan to people who can never pay it back. Where society becomes only about what you can do for others, and never what others can do for you. Where simply claiming you need more means you get paid more.
The inevitability of someone stopping the motor of the world is something we all must consider. It certainly won't be like in the books.