Paradoxes of Professional Regulation In Search of Regulatory Principles

• Main Author: Trebilcock, Michael J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press 2022
• Subjects: Monetary economics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Occupational licensure, including regulation of the professions, dates back to the medieval period. While the guilds that performed this regulatory function have long since vanished, professional regulation continues to this day. For instance, in the United States, 22 per cent of American workers mu...