- Laurence M. Vance
No One Should Need Government Permission to Work
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"There are a number of problems with occupational licensing.
Occupational licensing results in higher prices for services.
Occupational licensing often excludes otherwise qualified individuals who have a criminal record.
Occupational licensing limits competition.
Occupational licensing reduces employment opportunities for immigrants and minorities.
Occupational licensing stifles entrepreneurship.
Occupational licensing makes entry to a new field more difficult for those wishing to change jobs.
Occupational licensing prevents licensed job-seekers from moving across state lines to seek better employment opportunities since there is little interstate reciprocity when it comes to such licenses."

Laurence M. Vance is a columnist and policy advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation, an associated scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a columnist, blogger, and book reviewer at LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Gun Control and the Second Amendment, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, and War, Empire and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy. His newest books are Free Trade or Protectionism? and The Free Society. Visit his website: www.vancepublications.com. Send him e-mail