I Think Licensing Is a Terrible Barrier, and What We Might Do

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i think there'll be something of a pendulum swinng back toward biing round human beings. The idea that, you know, this or many of our occupations, need to be licensed seems absolute crazy to me. I don't nof we should be doing it, but we clearly don't understand that difference. And i think we ught to think about it waint.

Why are fewer men working over the last few decades? Is a universal basic income a good policy for coping with the loss of employment? Economist Edward Glaeser of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what Glaeser calls the war on work--the policy changes that have reduced employment among prime-aged men. Glaeser does not see the universal basic income as a viable solution to the decrease in work especially if technology ends up reducing employment opportunities more dramatically in the future. The conversation also includes a discussion of the role of cities and the reduction in geographic mobility in the United States.