The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Second printing with new preface and appendix (Harvard Economic Studies)

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specialist · 2022-03-04 · Original thread

> ...and in some cases, no union is actually the smart choice.

Logic of Collective Action is a game theoretic framework to help make that choice. Very accessible.

jseliger · 2017-09-07 · Original thread

Until we eliminate police unions, that's unlikely to happen: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/when-police... .

Mancur Olson is also interesting on the topic of interest groups and rent seeking more generally: https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Collective-Action-printing-appe...