Charles W. Baird


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Milton Friedman, Right to Work, and Free Riders

APRIL 09, 2013 by CHARLES W. BAIRD

Right-to-work opponents like to argue that Milton Friedman opposed those laws. He did, but only because he opposed monopoly bargaining power. Until the NLRA is repealed, however, right-to-work at least offers some relief from the effects of monopoly bargaining.

On Paying Our “Fair Share”

JANUARY 24, 2013 by CHARLES W. BAIRD

Progressive taxes are both arbitrary and unfair.

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School Buses, Teamsters, and Rent-Seeking

DECEMBER 03, 2012 by CHARLES W. BAIRD

If you live in Illinois, the school bus could be bringing union intimidation to a town near you. Charles Baird looks at freedom of association and unionization in the busing business.

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Attack on Freedom of Association

NLRB, Teamsters, and Senate gang up.

MAY 07, 2012 by CHARLES W. BAIRD

A necessary, but not sufficient, condition for a worker to have effective freedom of association is to be able to hear and consider both pro- and anti-unionization arguments.

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Hilda Solis, Secretary of Unions

What's she have in common with Lenin?

OCTOBER 10, 2011 by CHARLES W. BAIRD

Hilda Solis thinks labor unions are so obviously virtuous that any worker who votes against unionization does so only because evil labor relations consultants have conspired to muddle the worker's brain.

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From natural systems to human systems, we start to notice patterns in nature that are products of good flow. Adrian Bejan discusses this crucial insight--and how it makes freedom even more needful--in this month's interview. Zachary Caceres looks at what emergence can tell us about the universe, the market, the heart, and the sacred; Mike Reid recounts the tragedies produced when the State tries to impose its order on people who have already developed their own; Gary Galles channels Leonard Read: the State is a clenched fist, he says, so it cannot create; Brad Taylor says democracy might just be another imposed order in some situations; Karl Borden wonders whether an individual's right to be left alone can be part of the order of things; and much, much more.Download Free PDF

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