The Right to Earn a Living
The Right to Earn a Living

Author: Timothy Sandefur

Publisher: Cato Institute

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1935308343

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America’s founders thought the right to earn a living was so basic and obvious that it didn’t need to be mentioned in the Bill of Rights. The Right to Earn a Living charts the history of this fundamental human right, from the constitutional system that was designed to protect it by limiting government’s powers, to the Civil War Amendments that expanded protection to all Americans, regardless of race.

The Rule of Experts
The Rule of Experts

Author: S. David Young

Publisher: Cato Institute

Published: 1987-03-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1937184439

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S. David Young argues that occupational licensing results in the misallocation of labor and harms consumers.

Guild-ridden Labor Markets
Guild-ridden Labor Markets

Author: Morris M. Kleiner

Publisher: W. E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780880995016

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In this book, the author examines why the institution of occupational licensing has had such a curious evolution and influence in the United States, the European Union, and China, and discusses the many similarities it has to guilds.

Licensing Occupations
Licensing Occupations

Author: Morris M. Kleiner

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0880992859

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"Attempts to present a systematic discussion of the major benefits and costs of occupational licensing to the economies of the United States and several European countries." - page xiii.