I thought this was interesting: > According to the Captured Economy project at the centrist Niskanen Center, “today, around 25 percent of American workers need

I thought this was interesting: > According to the Captured Economy project at the centrist Niskanen Center, “today, around 25 percent of American workers need a state license to do their job — up from 10 percent in 1970.” These regulations make it really hard for workers like cosmetologists or contractors to move to different states due to the financial and time costs of getting a new license. According to the libertarian Institute for Justice (IJ), “on average these laws require nearly a year of education and experience, one exam, and over $260 in fees.” > And while these laws are enacted under the guise of consumer protection, as IJ finds, there are many ridiculous discrepancies that show that reasoning to be a farce: “[I]n most states, it takes 12 times longer to get a license to cut hair as a cosmetologist than to get a license to administer life-saving care as an emergency medical technician.” Seems to be that things like this have a way of accumulating, achieving a momentum of their own, eventually considered the new normal. Didn't Trump sign an executive order trying to reverse this trend, getting rid of state licensing for jobs when it's not really needed?