A History of Labor Unions from Colonial Times to 2009 (Morgan Reynolds, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)



Can Labor Unions Restrict Wages in a Free Market? (Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)
Markets, Not Unions, Gave us Leisure (Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Ph.D. Professor of Economics)
The Myth of Voluntary Unions (Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Ph.D. Professor of Economics)

The Union Conspiracy Against Wal-Mart Workers (Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Ph.D. Professor of Economics)
Where Would General Motors Be Without the United Automobile Workers Union? (George Reisman, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)

The End of Unions (Christopher Westley, Ph.D. Professor of Economics)


Papers:

Trade unions: The private use of coercive power (PDF)
The Review of Austrian Economics, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 109-120, 1988)
- W. H. Hutt

Unions, Protectionism, and U.S. Competitiveness (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 1-22, Winter 2010)
- Randall G. Holcombe and James D. Gwartney

Unions, the Rule of Law, and Political Rent Seeking (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 23-44, Winter 2010)
- Armand Thieblot

Why Project Labor Agreements Are Not in the Public Interest (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 45-65, Winter 2010)
- David G. Tuerck

Unions and Discrimination (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 67-85, Winter 2010)
- Paul Moreno

Public Sector Unions and the Rising Costs of Employee Compensation (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 87-115, Winter 2010)
- Chris Edwards

Unions and the Decline of U.S. Cities (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 117-135, Winter 2010)
- Stephen J. K. Walters

Prevailing Wage Laws: Public Interest or Special Interest Legislation? (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 137-154, Winter 2010)
- George C. Leef

The Effects of Teachers Unions on American Education (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 155-170, Winter 2010)
- Andrew J. Coulson

Unions, Protectionism, and U.S. Competitiveness (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 181-196, Winter 2010)
- Daniel Griswold

Unions, the High-Wage Doctrine, and Employment (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 197-213, Winter 2010)
- Lowell E. Gallaway

Toward a Free-Market Union Law (PDF)
(The Cato Journal, Volume 30, Number 1, pp. 215-234, Winter 2010)
- Charles W. Baird


Videos:

Hayek on Unions (Video) (6min) (Friedrich Hayek, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1974)
Who Protects the Worker (Video) (58min) (Milton Friedman, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1976)

Labor Unions and the Minimum Wage: A Debate (Video) (77min) (Walter Block, Ph.D. Professor of Economics)