The Economic Case for the Right-to-Work

Richard Ebeling emails:


Dear Bob,

Last month the Michigan Chamber of Commerce released, "2012 Michigan Competitiveness Report," of which I am one of the co-authors from Northwood University.

I have posted on Northwood University's blog, "In Defense of Capitalism & Human Progress," a extended version of my primary contribution to the report on "The Economic Case for Right-to-Work."

http://blogs.northwood.edu/indefenseofcapitalism/2012/09/15/the-economic-case-for-right-to-work-by-richard-m-ebeling/

I challenge the leading rationales and justifications for compulsory union "closed shops," and argue for the importance of open, competitive labor markets from the points-of-view of both personal liberty, and adaptive and consumer-oriented production in society.