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Teeth Whitening and Occupational Licensing

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  • Walter BLOCK

    (Loyola University, USA.)

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The case for occupational licensing, whether for physicians or teeth whiteners, is highly problematic. This paper makes the case for a free market system in certification of quality in medical and dental care, and much else. Purpose: To explore occupational licensure as an infringement of liberty. Design/methodology/approach: a logical and empirical analysis. Findings: teeth whitening regulations serve as an anti-competitive barrier to entry. Originality/value: applying the concept of entry restrictions is not original; applying them to teeth whitening, is. This is of value in that for economic liberty to be promoted, schemes against it such as this one must be analyzed and exposed.

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  • Walter BLOCK, 2015. "Teeth Whitening and Occupational Licensing," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 2(3), pages 347-350, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ1:v:2:y:2015:i:3:p:347-350
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    Keywords

    Restricted entry; Modern guilds; Free enterprise.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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