Stephen Dubner

OK, so that's how licensing hurts the American dream. How about the other categories, the economy, public health, equality?

OK, so that's how licensing hurts the American dream. How about the other categories, the economy, public health, equality?

So it exacerbates inequality essentially.

So it exacerbates inequality essentially.

So it exacerbates inequality essentially.

But advocates of licensing argue that licensing can help raise wages for lower education or low-income workers, especially minorities, by providing a better path to economic sustainability because they are in a licensed profession. How much sympathy do you have for that argument?

But advocates of licensing argue that licensing can help raise wages for lower education or low-income workers, especially minorities, by providing a better path to economic sustainability because they are in a licensed profession. How much sympathy do you have for that argument?

But advocates of licensing argue that licensing can help raise wages for lower education or low-income workers, especially minorities, by providing a better path to economic sustainability because they are in a licensed profession. How much sympathy do you have for that argument?

Among all licensed professions in the U.S., which ones do you think clearly don't need licensing?

Among all licensed professions in the U.S., which ones do you think clearly don't need licensing?

Among all licensed professions in the U.S., which ones do you think clearly don't need licensing?

I'm laughing only because there aren't that many people in the world making the arguments that you're making today about the licensing racket. But it seems that every person that does make the argument uses haircutting and hairstyling as an example. Why is that?

I'm laughing only because there aren't that many people in the world making the arguments that you're making today about the licensing racket. But it seems that every person that does make the argument uses haircutting and hairstyling as an example. Why is that?

I'm laughing only because there aren't that many people in the world making the arguments that you're making today about the licensing racket. But it seems that every person that does make the argument uses haircutting and hairstyling as an example. Why is that?

No, come on.

No, come on.

No, come on.

What happens during fifteen hundred hours of hair styling training? What happens during that time? Is it just an apprenticeship, essentially?

What happens during fifteen hundred hours of hair styling training? What happens during that time? Is it just an apprenticeship, essentially?

What happens during fifteen hundred hours of hair styling training? What happens during that time? Is it just an apprenticeship, essentially?