"But, for some hope, see: professional organizations..." While those organizations are good for the profession, they are bad for the country as a whole. The AM

"But, for some hope, see: professional organizations..." While those organizations are good for the profession, they are bad for the country as a whole. The AMA expends much effort on making the barriers to entry in the medical profession as high as possible. This artificially restricts the supply of doctors and makes healthcare more expensive overall. The same happens with bar associations. How much money is wasted, how many people are driven into debt, because bar associations require a useless law degree to enter the profession? (as opposed to allowing lawyers to self-study and pass the bar on their own) "I don't want something as corrupt as the pilot's union, or as mediocrity-protecting as the teacher's union." The question is - how would one create a union that would avoid falling into these traps eventually? How can we be sure the union will not end up protecting incompetence and erecting artificial barriers to entry into the profession?