Do You Need A Permission Slip to Work in Your State?

For some professions, it makes a lot of sense to have some high standards before you’re allowed to work — doctors, pharmacists, pilots, you get the picture. But did you know that some states have some serious hurdles for jobs like makeup artists, tree trimmers, animal trainers and massage therapists? It’s true, and a series of new reports reveals how rules like these are making it harder for lower-income workers and entrepreneurs to earn a living. The Institute for Justice (IJ) finds that “occupational licenses” — essentially permission slips from … More

The Institute for Justice Exposes the Plague of Occupational Licensing

By Trevor Burrus

Today, the Institute for Justice released a 200-page, comprehensive study on occupational licensing in the United States. The report details the plague of occupational licensing that has swept the country over the past 60+ years. According to the study, “In the 1950s, only one in 20 U.S. workers needed the government’s permission to pursue their [...]

The Institute for Justice Exposes the Plague of Occupational Licensing is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog

Citizens United at Two

By Caleb O. Brown

The Supreme Court decided Citizens United two years ago this week. The complaints about the ruling that have emerged since are often bizarre and misrepresent much of the landmark ruling’s import. Here’s what the case was about. Almost nowhere in the complaints about the Citizens United ruling will you hear that the case decided that [...]

Citizens United at Two is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog

Ninth Circuit Gets It Right, Deregulates the Bone Marrow Market

By Ilya Shapiro

This blogpost was coauthored by Cato legal associate Chaim Gordon. Thanks to the Institute for Justice, those suffering from leukemia and various other ailments that require them to wait for a bone marrow match to miraculously appear have new hope. Yesterday’s unanimous opinion by the Ninth Circuit in Flynn v. Holder effectively deregulates the bone-marrow market—and [...]

Ninth Circuit Gets It Right, Deregulates the Bone Marrow Market is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog