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As the first reply to the link/tweet indicates, there are reasons to think that any straight hours-to-hours comparison is not quite apples-to-apples. So that and your point. But I don’t think hours of required training for entry is irrelevant to …

I don’t see how the comparison is unfair. The amount of harm that a police officer has a good chance of inflicting between their first and second certifications is vastly greater than the amount of harm a cosmetologist has a good chance of infli…

From Marginal Revolution: Our regulatory state is failing us by  Tyler Cowen June 8, 2020 at 2:43 pm in Law CA requires 664 hours of training to become a Police Officer, but 1,600 hours of training to become a cosmetologist. That is from Sheel Mohnot, sources at the link. The 1,600 hours of training required to become a cosmetologist…

In reply to sean samis. I forgive you, my son. I wouldn’t call “not knowing Hayek well” much of a sin. Libertarians seem to be divided by the “defund the police” movement, so perhaps the best I can offer by way of predict…

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