“Occupational Licensing Roundup #1” by Zvi

We’re coming out firmly against it.

Our attitude:

The customer is always right. Yes, you should go ahead and fix your own damn pipes if you know how to do that, and ignore anyone who tries to tell you different. And if you don’t know how to do it, well, it's at your own risk.

With notably rare exceptions, it should be the same for everything else.

I’ve been collecting these for a while. It's time.

Campaign Talk

Harris-Walz platform includes a little occupational licensing reform, as a treat.

Universal Effects and Recognition

Ohio's ‘universal licensing’ law has a big time innovation, which is that work experience outside the state actually exists and can be used to get a license (WSJ).

Occupational licensing decreases the number of Black men in licensed professions by up to 19% [...]

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Outline:

(00:43) Campaign Talk

(00:52) Universal Effects and Recognition

(03:57) Construction

(04:08) Doctors and Nurses

(05:01) Florists

(07:32) Fortune Telling

(09:41) Hair

(14:23) Lawyers

(16:07) Magicians

(16:36) Military Spouses

(17:21) Mountain Climbing

(18:07) Music

(18:20) Nurses

(19:49) Physical Therapists

(20:09) Whatever Could Be Causing All This Rent Seeking

(21:42) Tornado Relief

(22:10) Pretty Much Everything

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First published:
October 30th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bac4wxb9F4sciuAh6/occupational-licensing-roundup-1

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