Comment Re:Organization (Score 1) 818
Actually, there's a good argument that professional organizations (e.g., AMA, ABA, etc.) function to some extent to keep people out of the profession (through, e.g., licensing requirments, especially those beyond passing a board or bar exam, such as having a degree from an acredited school, or law's against unauthorized practice). This has a monopolistic effect, thus keeping supplies low and prices high. For a good discussion of this, see Richard Posner's Overcoming Law . And, for what it's worth, I am a lawyer. Unfortunately for me at least, the monopoly is fading (there's more and more overlap with CPAs in areas like tax and business law).
