Maureen K. Ohlhausen, the new acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission, thinks it’s high time that the FTC start giving more than lip service to its traditional mandate of fostering economic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Occupational licensing laws require individuals to complete ...

If you work in a licensed trade or know somebody who does, you understand the enormous expense and hassle occupational licensing represents, creating barriers to making a living and to moving across ...

But the instinct to seek security in more regulation threatens to reinforce the very barriers that hold workers back. What ...

Horse masseurs. Hair braiders. Funeral attendants. Florists. All are subject, at least in some states, to "occupational licensing," defined by the Treasury Department as "a government permit allowing ...