Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to Occupational Licensing

Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by zdragnar on Friday December 14, 2018 @04:24PM (#18684925)

> What I found interesting is that, those with licenses make more money?

Some (most? all?) US states require not only a degree but "ongoing education" every other year that can amount to a not insignificant chunk of wages. It's pretty awful from those I know in the field.

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Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by Simulacra on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:59PM (#18685676)

In the case of dietitians, ONLY a dietitian can be licensed in those states that require it, and only the dietetics board of all dietitians get to decide who can be license. In Florida there are 22 million people, but because of the license monopoly, only 4,000 dietitians.

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Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by jandrese on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:02PM (#18685252)

There is a cottage industry around passing around the material for those courses.

My wife worked in the pharmacy field and had those requirements. The courses were mostly made by the drug companies and were thinly disguised marketing material.

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