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Your assumption of "free markets" is a mythical one.

• baddox 7y ago
  Regardless, labor unions would be a feature of any conceptualization of free markets I’ve ever heard of. In what sense is cooperation and organization not compatible with a free market?
  • erik_seaberg 7y ago
    If an employer could negotiate with unions competing for a contract, the outcome might be a market-clearing price for labor. Enforce a monopoly for a single union, and the only possible responses are capitulate or leave, with outcomes that look like Detroit.
    • pjc50 7y ago
      That's a valid argument against "closed shop" unions, which is a reasonable discussion to have; but we started this thread with banning unions tout court.
    • walshemj 7y ago
      A Union is a Union not a employment agency