They did the right thing for the wrong reasons. The idea of professional licensure makes sense, if you assume the state sets the right standards and enforces them correctly, but it totally falls apart when they delegate their authority to private trade organizations. That's really nothing more than the medieval guild system in modern times.
They did the right thing for the wrong reasons. The idea of professional licensure makes sense, if you assume the state sets the right standards and enforces them correctly, but it totally falls apart when they delegate their authority to private trade organizations. That's really nothing more than the medieval guild system in modern times.