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This is prime evidence for the need of separation of state and education ( or state and credentialing). Any profession can lobby the state to increase the barr
by bokonist 18y ago
This is prime evidence for the need of separation of state and education ( or state and credentialing). Any profession can lobby the state to increase the barriers of entry to that profession. Buying the service becomes more expensive and young people must spend far more time in school. A small gain to the current practitioners of the profession ends up being a huge cost to society as a whole.
- gaius 18y agoState and economy is general.
- sethg 18y agoEconomic transactions with strangers (beyond simple cash-and-carry interactions) require trust, and most people look to the state as the guarantor-of-trust of last resort. Which is why states have been involved with the economy ever since Sumeria. "Separation of state and economy" is about as likely as "separation of medicine and chemistry".