Yeah nobody has a magic "labor theory of value-o-meter" they can wave over a good or service to determine what the objective amount you're owed is Labor unions operate on the principle that you get what you're able and willing to fight for
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There's a lot of stuff that completely and totally fits the straightforward definition of rent seeking that I think is justifiable A union enforcing a closed shop, for instance (which is a "monopoly on labor")
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Still not rent seeking.
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Well, in some contexts? Some labor is authentically scarce, which I don't think qualifies as rent as long as the scarcity isn't artificial.
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All labor is scarce because you can’t do everything. There’s only so much time in the day.
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