Do unions matter?
13th May 2008
Megan McArdle takes a look.
To be clear, I do not object to the teacher’s unions because they have a union. I object to the teacher’s unions because teachers are among the competing interests that run low-income school districts for the benefit of the various interest groups, rather than the children. The union merely gives them more power to move value from children to teachers.
And that is the essence of a union. Whenever you see a union, you see a group of people who are attempting through politics to gain an economic advantage that they cannot gain through a free market.
Sort of like a government that way, come to think of it.
Or a street gang.