Recent Publications
"Toward a Free-Market Union Law," The Cato Journal, Winter 2010: 215-234.
"Card Check Without Congress," The Freeman, March 2011: 47-48.
"Faculty Unions: A Terrible Idea, " The Pope Center, March 9, 2011.
"Freeing Labor Markets by Reforming Union Laws," Cato Institute, June 2011.
"Crony Unionism: Private Sector," The Freeman, June 2011: 47-48.
"Crony Unionism: Government Sector," The Freeman, October 2011: 47-48.
"Hilda Solis, Secretary of Unions," FEE - In Brief, October 10, 2011
"The Political Economy of Government-Sector Unionism," paper written for Hillsdale College's Free Market Forum, October 27-29, 2011. Go to Panel 3 here:
"Employer Speech and Workers' Freedom of Association," The Freeman, Jan/Feb 2012: 47-48
"The Employee Rights Act," The Freeman, May 2012: 47-48.
"Government-Sector Unionism and Human Rights," Human Rights Review, July 2012.
"Collective Bargaining and Human Rights," The Freeman, September 2012: 47-48
"School Buses, Teamsters, and Rent-Seeking," The Freeman, December 2012: 21-22
"On Paying Our 'Fair Share,'" FEE In-Brief, January 24,2013,
"Milton Friedman, Right to Work, and Free Riders," FEE In-Brief, April 9, 2013.
The Teamster Freedom of Association Hustle, National Institute for Labor Relations Research, May 7, 2013
"American Unionism and Freedom of Association," Journal of Private Enterprise, Spring 2013: 1-21
"Rex Obama and SCOTUS' Labor Pains," FEE In-Brief, August 26, 2013.
"Employer Neutrality Agreements in Court," FEE In-Brief, November 12, 2013
"Outrage in Illinois," FEE In-Brief, February 21, 2014
"Hayek on Labor Unions," Chapter 14 in Garrison, Roger W. and Barry, Norman, Elgar Companion to Hayekian Economics, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing 2014: 314-342.
In Controversy: Are Labor Unions Essential for Social Flourishing? Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 17, Number 2
"Individualism and Voluntarism," (pp. 525-532) (pdf available at above URL).
"Our Remaining Differences," (pp. 539-543) (pdf available at above URL).
"NLRB's Pro-union Ruling Attacks Private Higher Education," Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, March 18, 2015.
"Predatory Boards and Workers Without Rights," FEE-In-Brief, April 15, 2015
"The First Amendment Could Break the Grip of Government Unions," FEE Daily, December 15, 2015
"California Labor Cartel, Saved by a Death," FEE Daily, April 6, 2016
"No Representation Without Consent," FEE Daily, May 19, 2017
"Does Economic Growth Have a Numeric Limit?" FEE Daily, June 23, 2017
"Good Reasons Not to Unionize," FEE Daily, August 14, 2017
"Unions Aren't as Popular as the Polls Would Have You Believe," FEE Daily, September 4, 2017
"Equality and Taxes," Freedom Rising, The Heartland Institute, November 6, 2017
"We Need a New Name for 'Trickle-Down' Economics," FEE Daily, December 18, 2017
"Catholic Bishops against Mark Janus," The Acton Institute, February 7, 2018
"After Janus, New Models for Labor Relations," The Acton Institute, July 11, 2018
"After Janus: Vindication and Hope," James G. Martin Center, July 25, 2018
"Coercion in Government Employment," American Institute for Economic Research, August 19, 2019.
"That Labor Union Poll Is Not Believable," American Institute for Economic Research, August 30, 2019
"Reciprocity in Occupational Licensure Might Be a Bad Idea," American Institute for Economic Research, January 27, 2020.
"Bleak Future For Unions," InsideSources.com, February 5, 2020
"Socialism Must be Authoritarian," American Institute for Economic Research, March 11, 2020
"Government Action and Private Unions," American Institute for Economic Research, August 5, 2021
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