在19世纪 50年代,当组织人统治时,只有不到5%的美国劳动者需要许可证。今天,经过30年的放宽管制,这个数字大约是30%,加上一些准备获取许可证的人和一些本身工作就具备某种形式的许可证的人,该比例能达到38%。比起该国的自由条例来,一些富裕国家给他们的国家强加的束缚要少很多。在英国,需要许可证的劳动者所占的比例只有13%。
Some occupations clearly need to be licensed. Nobody wants to unleash amateur doctors and dentists on the public, or untrained tattoo artists for that matter. But, as the Wall Street Journal has doggedly pointed out, Americas Licence Raj has extended its tentacles into occupations that pose no plausible threat to health or safetyoccupations, moreover, that are governed by considerations of taste rather than anything that can be objectively measured by licensing authorities. The list of jobs that require licences in some states already sounds like something from Monty Pythonflorists, handymen, wrestlers, tour guides, frozen-dessert sellers, firework operatives, second-hand booksellers and, of course, interior designersbut it will become sillier still if ambitious cat-groomers and dog-walkers get their way.
毫无疑问一些职业是需要许可证。没有人会想要看到业余的医生和业余的牙医在公共场所出现,或者让没有受过培训的纹身艺术家来做纹身。但是,正如《华尔街日报》明确地指出的是,美国的牌照制度已经把它的管制范围扩大到一些对健康和安全没有明显威胁的职业与其它方面相比,这些职业主要是和审美有关系并且可以被许可证颁发当局客观地衡量。在美国一些州所列出的需要许可证的工作听起来像是来自巨蟒剧团花艺师,杂务工,摔跤运动员,导游,冷冻点心销售者,焰火师,二手书销售者,当然也包括室内设计师但是如果动物美容师和受雇遛狗者也需要许可证的话,这将会变得更荒唐。
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