News
MSNBC | Union: 19K teacher layoff slips so far in Calif
School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.
Blogs
The Atlantic | What Caused Inequality to Grow?
Rising inequality (and slower income growth) have been a rising trend across most of the developed world for three decades. We need a better explanation than greedier rich people, or stupider politicians.
EconLog | Effect of Monopoly Unions on Income Distribution
As I noted in my post, "Do Labor Unions Promote the Middle Class?", the main effect of unions is not to strengthen the middle class but to transfer wealth from non-union to union workers.
