Quote Originally Posted by BananaStand View Post
Well, presumably, the more difficult/advanced a job is, the greater the training cost. So in that regard, heart surgeons and NASA engineers would gain the greatest benefit by working for free.
They would?

Those are examples where the entry level would naturally be well paid.

The main legal challenge to unpaid internship is that they supplant paying, taxpaying, jobs.
Well, they don't, but yes the belief is that they do. Most voluntary markets are competitive enough, it may be that all are. In these markets, unpaid internships would not replace paying jobs.