Occupational licensing

Minnesota ranks 11th nationally for increases in occupational licensing requirements. What would really be in the 'public interest', is to get us down that ranking. 

Occupational licensing requirements are presented as 'consumer protection' but really only protect producers, making us all worse off. Minnesota has, traditionally, had an accommodating environment but between 2012 and 2017,…

New research suggests that high housing costs in rich areas and occupational licensing requirements are an obstacle to the geographic mobility of Americans. This, in turn, is a barrier to…