tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post4741123285951546219..comments2009-03-19T01:58:56.317-05:00Corey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-7419411690683411412009-03-19T01:58:00.000-05:002009-03-19T01:58:00.000-05:00Ever seen a poster put up by the AMA telling people that they should become a doctor?Corey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-79984595409772994122009-03-18T23:06:00.000-05:002009-03-18T23:06:00.000-05:00I would argue that the medical profession does indeed control recruitment and salary - just not as ineffectively as with something like ads. Doctors control the AMA, and you can't practice unless you're board certified. And you can't practice unless your med school is OKed. Effectively, they control their own supply, and they sensibly restrict supply to keep salaries up. Sociologically, one of the definitions of a profession is that it controls who can join it. The same is true of clergy (mainstream Protestants and Catholic/Orthodox faiths) and law - the other two classic professions.turduckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026926577142821030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-42427652289893413982009-03-15T22:07:00.000-05:002009-03-15T22:07:00.000-05:00Take the same teacher, move him or her from school to school, with varying levels of poverty and see if that teacher's gains stay the same. No way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com