Occupational Licensing

Policy

NYPD's Illegal Arrests Include Ticket Sellers As Well As Pot Smokers and Loiterers

Jacob Sullum | 2.24.2012 11:45 AM

Policy

Utah Moves to Clamp Down on "Pimp" Massage Therapists

Nick Sibilla | 2.22.2012 10:05 AM

Politics

Minnesota Lawmakers: Kill Regulations, Create Jobs

Nick Sibilla | 2.15.2012 5:09 PM

Politics

Want to Start a Moving Company in Missouri? You'll Need Permission from Your Competitors First

Damon Root | 1.18.2012 3:26 PM

Politics

Does the Constitution Protect the Unenumerated Right to Economic Liberty?

Damon Root | 1.17.2012 2:00 PM

Politics

The Supreme Court Fails to Protect Economic Liberty, Again

Occupational licensing abuse gets a pass from the high court.

Damon Root | 1.11.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Protecting Venice Beach From Boardwalk Commerce, Protecting Free Speech by Banning T-Shirts

Matt Welch | 1.10.2012 11:25 AM

Politics

Why the Supreme Court Should Review Florida's Absurd Occupational Licensing Scheme for Interior Designers

Damon Root | 1.5.2012 10:08 AM

Politics

DC Pushes New Taxi Medallion Bill; Will Enrich Cab Barons, Screw Everyone Else.

Jim Epstein | 12.22.2011 1:16 PM

Politics

Who Will Save Helpless Missourians from the Terror of Unlicensed Real Estate Brokers?

Damon Root | 12.2.2011 4:29 PM

Policy

Milwaukee's Taxi Cartel Suffers Potentially Fatal Collision

Tate Watkins | 10.6.2011 2:20 PM

Policy

Arlington May End Onerous Licensing Requirement for Massage Therapists

Mike Riggs | 9.16.2011 11:37 AM

Policy

Create Jobs By Repealing Unnecessary Laws

Damon Root | 7.28.2011 12:45 PM

Politics

Occupational Licensing Abuse Struck Down in Louisiana

Damon Root | 7.21.2011 5:14 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: D.C. Taxi Heist

How a new law would screw drivers and riders

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 7.7.2011 9:20 AM

Policy

The Cancer of Government Regulation

How occupational licensing laws hurt the poor

John Stossel | 6.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

A Story About Massages Without a Happy Ending

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 4:06 PM

Politics

Political Hacks

How taxi licensing drives up costs while enriching special interests

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.31.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

"It Made Me Furious, But Even So I Didn't Tell on Her"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.9.2011 3:21 PM

Policy

The Unspeakable Horrors of Unlicensed Interior Design

Damon Root | 4.18.2011 5:26 PM

Politics

Licensed to Ill

Will Florida Republicans stand up against occupational licensing abuse?

Damon Root | 4.13.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Protecting America from the Dire Threat of Unlicensed Fabric Selection

Damon Root | 4.6.2011 3:04 PM

Policy

Jobs "Under Government Attack"

Damon Root | 3.11.2011 2:55 PM

Policy

Unrepentant Unlicensed Taxi Driver: "There's absolutely nothing wrong with what I do."

Damon Root | 3.9.2011 4:29 PM

Politics

Abortion, Liberalism, and Limiting Government Power

Damon Root | 3.8.2011 2:03 PM

Policy

Brave Lawmakers Battle the Scourge of Unlicensed Shampooing

Damon Root | 2.7.2011 10:39 AM

Politics

Looks to Me Like You've Been Doing Some Unlicensed Figurin'

Radley Balko | 2.4.2011 3:43 PM

Policy

You Can't Flunk Shampoo If You Don't Use It

Josh Brokaw | 1.13.2011 4:42 PM

Policy

Does the First Amendment Protect Tour Guides? Philadelphia Says No.

Damon Root | 1.7.2011 2:33 PM

Policy

"The First Amendment, well how quaint!"

Damon Root | 11.12.2010 4:59 PM

Policy

Orlando Authorities Battling the Scourge of Unlicensed Barbering

Radley Balko | 11.8.2010 10:07 AM

Policy

Occupational Licensing Abuse Meets the IRS

Damon Root | 10.8.2010 2:46 PM

Policy

D.C. Regulators Not Pleased With Pub Owner Whose Customers Don't Buy Enough Food

Peter Suderman | 9.28.2010 12:43 PM

Politics

"Describing without a license"

Damon Root | 9.20.2010 2:50 PM

Politics

Big Yellow Cartel

Jesse Walker | 9.19.2010 9:14 AM

Politics

Professional Licensing Watch, Liberal Division

Brian Doherty | 9.17.2010 1:19 PM

Politics

Taking Economic Liberty Seriously

Does the Constitution protect the right to earn a living?

Damon Root | 8.26.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Liberaltarianism Twitches in the Morgue?

Matt Welch | 8.18.2010 5:33 PM

Policy

Home Midwifery Now Illegal in Big Apple

Brian Doherty | 5.17.2010 2:35 PM

Politics

The Right to Work

How occupational licensing laws restrict liberty

John Stossel | 3.11.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

The Man Bites Dog-Owners

Matt Welch | 2.24.2010 12:30 PM

Policy

Occupational Licensing Abuse in Texas

Damon Root | 12.8.2009 4:59 PM

Policy

Trance Licensing

Jesse Walker | 12.4.2009 10:58 AM

Policy

Medical Licensing vs. Basic Health Care

Jesse Walker | 4.2.2009 12:03 PM

Democratic Party

One Democrat to the Rest: Come Home

Bill Kauffman | 11.1.1987 12:00 PM