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Beating Rubber-Stamps into Gavels: A Fresh Look at Occupational Freedom

Clark Neily

The number of Americans who must obtain government permissionto work in their chosen vocation has been steadily rising. A recent White Housereport observed that “[o]ccupational licensing has grown rapidly over the past few decades” and has come to include manyharmless vocations such as interior desi…