I'm Teaching at a University Without an Education Degree

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The only point I wanted to generalize this is that this occurs in lots of occupations. And some of them are way below the radar. Others are very much on the radar, on the radar," he says. "Why not a vocational school? Why not an online school"

Clifford Winston of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the market for lawyers and the role of lawyers in the political process. Drawing on a new co-authored book, First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers, Winston argues that restrictions on the supply of lawyers and increases in demand via government regulation artificially boost lawyers' salaries. Deregulation of the supply (by eliminating licensing) would lower price and encourage innovation.