Mark Reiff is a scholar, lawyer, and author of five books on economics and labor. He joins John to talk about his latest book, In the Name of Liberty: The Argument for Universal Unionization. Mark discusses the libertarian argument for unions, the structure of distributive justice, and how self-ownership involves an obligation to others. He and John wrap up the conversation by examining the intersection between Aquinas and libertarianism.

• The decline of unionization rates

• What liberty requires

• How being a lawyer influenced his scholarship

• Would there be unions in a libertarian utopia?

• Public and private unions

• Why guilds are different institutions from unions

• Economic justice

• Police unions and reform

• Unions and globalization

Links:
In the Name of Liberty by Mark Reiff
Lisa Herzog
Peter Dietsch
Mark Reiff's website