As this list [of potential alternatives to occupational licensing] shows, the market has responded with a myriad of innovative and still-developing alternatives to public regulation. Rather than continuing to engage in the binary thinking on occupational regulation that has so often led to unnecessarily restrictive licensure, legislators and industry representatives would do far better to clearly recognize and evaluate the many less onerous, less intrusive market-based alternatives that can effectively work to protect consumers and ensure service quality.
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