Lawyers: Drag or Accellerant?

Two investigators plunged into the depths of a dark suspicion, producing this report:

“Legislating for Economic Sclerosis: Are Lawyers a Baleful Influence on Growth Rates?“, Samuel Cameron [pictured here] and Andy Thorpe, Kyklos, February 2004, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 67–85. The authors conclude:

“Our investigation has failed to lend much support to the idea that lawyers are detrimental (or beneficial) to the economy.”