[johnwinters91]

What’s the best book one can read about the economics and history of the labor movement? In one of Tom’s episodes, he mentions that often workers were demanding getting paid 10 hours worth of wages for 8 hours of work. Does anyone know where to find that info? I want to read about that.

[woods]

My apologies for the delay — I don’t know how I missed these.

First, I would recommend this: https://mises.org/library/history-labor-unions-colonial-times-2009

He originally wrote that for an encyclopedia I was editing, but the publisher thought it was too ideologically charged.

Then there’s Power and Privilege: Labor Unions in America https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Power%20and%20Privilege%20Labor%20Unions%20in%20America_2.pdf?file=1&type=document

Then there’s Opportunity or Privilege: Labor Legislation in America, by Charles Baird.

Finally, Labor Economics from a Free-Market Perspective, by Walter Block.

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