Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective Book

I Wage Determination 1

1 Promotion, Turnover and Preemptive Wage Offers Walter Block Block, Walter Robert A. Lawson Lawson, Robert A. 3

2 Globalization and the Concept of Subsistence Wages Walter Block Block, Walter Jerry Dauterive Dauterive, Jerry John Levendis Levendis, John 9

3 Labor Market Disputes: A Comment on Albert Rees' "Fairness in Wage Distribution" Walter Block Block, Walter 25

4 The Discounted Marginal Value Product-Marginal Value Product Controversy: A Note Walter Block Block, Walter 39

II Unions 49

5 Is it Possible to Reconcile Unions with the Libertarian Legal Code? Walter Block Block, Walter 51

6 Labor Relations, Unions and Collective Bargaining: A Political Economic Analysis Walter Block Block, Walter 67

7 Labor Union Policies: Gains or Pains? Jason Evans Evans, Jason Walter Block Block, Walter 99

8 The Yellow Dog Contract: Bring It Back! Walter Block Block, Walter 109

9 An Economic and Ethical Analysis of Unions Walter Block Block, Walter 111

10 Comment on Richard B. Freeman's "Labor Markets and Institutions in Economic Development" Walter Block Block, Walter 123

III The Minimum Wage 135

11 A Primer on Jobs and the Jobless Walter Block Block, Walter 137

12 The Minimum Wage: Does it Really Help Workers? Paul McCormick McCormick, Paul Walter Block Block, Walter 141

13 Delusions of Rising Wages Walter Block Block, Walter 145

14 The Minimum Wage Once Again Walter Block Block, Walter 147

15 Heritage Stumbles on Minimum Wage Walter Block Block, Walter 155

16 The Living Wage: What's Wrong? Walter Block Block, Walter William Barnett II Barnett, William, II 157

17 Critique of the Minimum Wage Petition Walter BlockBlock, Walter 159

IV Immigration 173

18 A Libertarian Case for Free Immigration Walter Block Block, Walter 175

19 Is There a Right to Immigration?: A Libertarian Perspective Walter Block Block, Walter Gene Callahan Callahan, Gene 195

20 On Immigration: Reply to Hoppe Anthony Gregory Gregory, Anthony Walter Block Block, Walter 221

V Redistributive Justice 237

21 On Reparations to Blacks for Slavery Walter Block Block, Walter 239

22 The Economics and Ethics of Land Reform: A Critique of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's "Toward a Better Distribution of Land: The Challenge of Agrarian Reform" Walter Block Block, Walter Guillermo Yeatts Yeatts, Guillermo 261

VI Fringe Benefits 295

23 Comments on Thomason and Burton, Bruce and Atkins, Anderson and Meyer, and Green and Riddell: Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance in the US and Canada Walter Block Block, Walter 297

24 Comment on Hum and Simpson: Guaranteed Annual Unemployment Gary M. Anderson Anderson, Gary M. Walter Block Block, Walter 319

VII Other Topics in Labor Economics 335

25 The Division of Labor Under Homogeneity: A Critique of Mises and Rothbard Walter Block Block, Walter Per Henrik Hansen Hansen, Per Henrik Peter G. Klein Klein, Peter G. 337

26 Academic Tenure: An Economic Critique Robert W. McGee McGee, Robert W. Walter E. Block Block, Walter E. 345

27 Comment on Canice Prendergast's "A Theory of 'Yes men'" Walter Block Block, Walter 365

28 Cyberslacking, Business Ethics and Managerial Economics Walter Block Block, Walter 373

29 Paternalism in Agricultural Labor Contracts in the US South: Implications for the Growth of the Welfare State Walter Block Block, Walter 381