A Piano Tuner Nearly Lost His Livelihood Over Suspected Communist Sympathies
In mid-20th-century Washington D.C., a former music teacher ran into trouble trying to become a licensed piano tuner - not for lack of skill, but because of a background flagged for alleged ties to communism. Milton Friedman used this story to ask: when does occupational licensing actually protect the public, and when is it simply a fence built to protect those already inside the profession?
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