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# Religious Occupational Restrictions

## Definition

Cultural or religious principles that bind individuals to follow their father's occupation, as in ancient Egypt, preventing wage or profit rates from falling below natural rates for extended periods.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 7

## Context

Cited as an example of the extreme policy needed to permanently depress wages or profits below natural rates across multiple generations.

## Economic Domain

Regulation
