How Necessary Are Unions? Insights from John R. Commons

J. Dennis Chasse

Journal of Economic Issues, 2018, vol. 52, issue 2, 413-421

Abstract: In this article, I assess Commons’s warning that union suppression endangers democracy. I do so by considering evidence from four viewpoints: (i) Commons’s view, (ii) the free market view, (iii) the power resource view, and (iv) the comparative sociology view. I expand on Commons’s insights with the question: What is democracy? My conclusion points to the reasonableness of his warning.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2018.1469888

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