Charles Baird

  • Progressive Interest Rates?

    “Whatever one thinks about a proportional income tax, the principle of declining marginal significance of income doesn’t justify progressive income tax rates. Neither does it justify progressive mortgage interest rates.” ~ Charles W. Baird

    Progressive Interest Rates?
  • Government Action and Private Unions

    “The Supreme Court should directly address exclusive representation in both private and government employment. It may agree to hear such arguments in some appropriate future case.” ~ Charles W. Baird

    Government Action and Private Unions
  • Socialism Must Be Authoritarian

    Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, asserts that he opposes authoritarianism. He says Fidel Castro’s literacy programs were good, but his authoritarianism was unfortunate. In Bernie’s mind socialism doesn’t have to be authoritarian. This is a pernicious idea

    Socialism Must Be Authoritarian
  • Reciprocity in Occupational Licensure Might Be a Bad Idea

    On April 10, 2019 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law HB 2569, a bill to create “guaranteed recognition” of occupational licenses in other states. This was hailed as a great victory by libertarians and classical liberals who have always argued that (at least most) state occupational licensure laws do nothing but create in-state cartels…

    Reciprocity in Occupational Licensure Might Be a Bad Idea
  • That Labor Union Poll Is Not Believable

    Union leaders may rejoice that the public increasingly approves of what they do, but poll data do not support that conclusion. 

    That Labor Union Poll Is Not Believable
  • Coercion in Government Employment

    Unions love exclusive representation. They fought hard to secure it, and they will fight just as hard to preserve it.

    Coercion in Government Employment