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Look at teaching in the United States. All states require teacher licensing at public schools. However private schools do not and get better outcomes. Same thin
by bgorman 7y ago
Look at teaching in the United States. All states require teacher licensing at public schools. However private schools do not and get better outcomes. Same thing with many unions for trades. I have yet to see any evidence a union electrician or plumber is better than a non-union worker, however unions do all they can to keep competition off the market.
- jmcqk6 7y ago> All states require teacher licensing at public schools. However private schools do not and get better outcomes. Some private schools get better outcomes than some public schools, but that is not universally true. The factors involved in outcomes in education are a whole lot more complicated than teacher licensing.+
- pbourke 7y agoWould you be willing to be treated by a Doctor without a medical license or be represented by an attorney who hasn’t taken or passed the bar exam?
- repolfx 7y agoMe? In a world where such licenses were not mandatory, i.e. the doctor in question wasn't actually breaking any laws? Sure. I'd probably want some alternative evidence of competence of course, like a long stream of happy, healthy, cured patients who could vouch for him. Or alternatively some sort of private sector approval scheme, based on trademark licensing. Sort of like how you can't claim a phone supports Bluetooth unless it's been licensed and approved. But in general I don't see any reason to assume the specific licensing regimes in place today are so grea.t