A Broken System: Einstein Wouldn’t Have Been ‘Qualified’ to Teach High School Physics
20th June 2012
We’ve argued for years that many professions that require certain forms of “licensing” are often more about restricting supply. That’s not say those who set up the licensing effort didn’t have the best of intentions, but the end effect often doesn’t actually do much to benefit the public. I’m reminded of this after reading economist Charles Wheelen explaining why Albert Einstein technically wouldn’t have been “qualified” to teach high school physics after retiring from a distinguished career at Princeton.