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Rebecca Haw Allensworth, "The Licensing Racket: How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work, and Why It Goes Wrong" (Harvard UP, 2025)

New Books in Economics

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This chapter explores the significance of professional licensing in labor regulation and its economic consequences. It examines the historical context of antitrust laws and contrasts the effects of licensing with those of unions and sales tax on workers.

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