[lbo-talk] A public square

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed May 23 18:11:42 PDT 2007


Bill Bartlett wrote:
>
> Unions aim to effect the market and can succeed to some extent, in
> the same way as other cartels. But their effectiveness is still
> limited.

Oh Shit! Everything's limited. This list provides an endless supply of tautologies.

I suggest you read Marx, Wages, Price and Profit. He was dealing with exactly this sort of grump about unions. And it's still as relevant today as the day he gave the speech to the International.

Carrol



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