Commentary: The Janus ruling doesn't have to be a death knell for public unions
The U.S. Supreme Court, in ruling in favor of Mark Janus' free speech rights to withhold a $45 monthly payment to the union at his Illinois government workplace, struck a blow for free labor markets.
In doing so, it also advanced the cause of free riders.
"Free riders" is an economists' term for a particular kind of market failure. In economic terms, free riders take advantage of a public good but refuse to contribute to it.
People who game the property
