In this episode, Shoshana Weissmann, Digital Media Manager and Fellow at the R Street Institute, discusses her work on occupational licensing reform. She explains what occupational licensing is, when it is legitimate, and when it isn’t. She observes that occupational licensing often prevents people from engaging in productive economic activity for no good reason. She discusses different areas in which occupational licensing has made it harder for people to legitimate and valuable services. And she reflects on efforts to reform occupational licensing. Weissmann is on Twitter at @senatorshoshana.

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