Trade Unions: Public Goods or Public ‘Bads’?

15 January 1978
Research

Trade Unions: Public Goods or Public ‘Bads’?

Lionel Robbins, Charles G. Hanson, John Burton, Cyril Grunfeld, Brian Griffiths, Alan Peacock, Lord Scarman and others
15 January 1978

Distinguished economists discuss the impact of organised labour on the British economy

In this collection of papers from the late 1970s, some of Britain’s leading economists and lawyers discuss the economic impact … Continue reading “Trade Unions: Public Goods or Public ‘Bads’?”

The Vote Motive

25 August 1976
Research

The Vote Motive

Gordon Tullock
25 August 1976

Classic introduction to public choice theory by one of the pioneers in the field

The economics of politics applies the techniques of economic analysis (monopoly, competition, information costs, etc.) to political and bureaucratic behaviour. … Continue reading “The Vote Motive”