Occupational Licensing
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
American Optimist 
the a16z Podcast 
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3 statements about Occupational Licensing, every show
Winston: Occupational licensing only creates barriers, raises prices, and limits services
“So all occupational licensing is doing is putting up entry barriers to new suppliers, raising prices, and limiting service because, you know, there are not as many people around.”
Andreessen: AI won't destroy all jobs because automating regulated occupations is illegal
“Why I won't destroy all the jobs and the sort of short version of it is because it's illegal to do that because so many jobs in the modern economy require licensing and are regulated.”
Chamath: Barber licensing is stricter than regulating autonomous AI software engineers
“You don't need a license to be the engineer that writes the machine learning code that either drives a car autonomously or that, you know helps propel disinformation in a social network, but you do need to have a license to give someone a buzz cut.”