Brad, Accreditation means that without it you are dead in the water. You may not practice. If it's simply proof of competency, there is no problem. If you choose an apparently competent doctor rather than the witchdoctor your neighbor goes to - fine.
But, the witchdoctor shouldn't be banned. This has a practical significance with regard to mid-wives who face difficulties or an outright ban in various localities. (Birthing is very profitable to the doctor.) Two of our four English babes were midwifed. Main problem with our Canadian baby was that my wife refused all drugs even though they tried to force them on her. She wanted to experience birth - after her earlier four - and she did. Harry ******************************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 Tel: 818 352-4141 -- Fax: 818 353-2242 http://haledward.home.comcast.net ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad McCormick, Ed.D. Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Slightly extended (was Re: [Futurework] David Ricardo, Cavema n Trade vs. Modern Trade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Harry, > > Go back an re-read Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom. He makes a > strong case for getting rid of a lot of the accreditation in society > saying that it just builds enclaves of monopoly power. ie., privilege. [snip] It seems to me that the justification for accreditation lies in the HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, which prevents persons from verifying the competencies of the persons they need services from by first-person experience of performative evidence. Our doctors, et al., apart from their cdredentials, are mostly "pig in a poke"s to us. I don't see how this can be changed in the anonymo-city. <snip> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/2003 _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
