An Economic Analysis of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, the Wagner Act, and the Labor Representation Industry

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Morgan O. Reynolds

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Economists have been relatively silent about the legislation from the 1930's which supports unionism and collective bargaining in the United States. A failure to apply economic analysis to the Norris-LaGuardia and Wagner acts has allowed a consensus about this legislation to develop among labor writers, basically by default.

Volume 6, Number 3 (1982)

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Reynolds, Morgan O. "Economic Analysis of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, the Wagner Act, and the Labor Representation Industry." Journal of Libertarian Studies 6, No. 3 (1982): 227–266.

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