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Strictly speaking, it is possible to assess the economic effects of trade unions without any consideration of their aims and motives. But any serious attempt to put union activity into an economic context must also concern itself with what unions try to do. We shall deal with this question before discussing what, if anything, they have actually achieved.
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© 1972 J. E. King
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King, J.E. (1972). The Economics of Trade Unions. In: Labour Economics. Macmillan Studies in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15467-8_5
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