From a purely utilitarian perspective, Jacobs makes a compelling argument, which amounts to:
- The Chevron Doctrine gave Federal agencies more power which homogenized national rules
- Absent Chevron, states will create a hodgepodge of laws
- Without nationally consistent laws, companies wanting to serve the country's population will strain to be compliant
As an example, he points to industries dominated by state regulations like finance (which ime is indeed a monumental dumpster fire ... every state has its own money transmitter law) and healthcare.
I don't know enough about these things, but if other industries end up getting treated like financial services companies, it probably will stifle scaling things nationally. Is he wrong in some way I can't detect?