Rent-seeking

Recently, a local Alabama news station reported that a lawn service was threatening to report a teenager to the city because an ordinance apparently requires lawn-mowing teenagers to procure a business license. It seems ridiculous but stories like these can show everyone the serious problems with occupational licensing in general.

Using the same apartheid-era tactics that kept blacks out of the labor markets, London and Delhi taxi driver unions have been lobbying the local authorities to eliminate the competition for them. If they can make it too expensive for Uber to employ drivers, they can reverting back to the monopoly that allowed them to charge exorbitant fare prices.