Adam: Rodriguez Earns His Pay

A favorite philosophical question often asked is, “Why does your average teacher earn a little more than one percent of what Alex Rodriguez does in a year?” There’s a simple market-based explanation for this. Alex Rodriguez can play the game of baseball like few other people and his services come at a premium in a free market. However, Alex Rodriguez would earn far less if only the Major League Players were represented by the National Education Association and they applied the same principles of labor to the Major Leagues that they do to education/ Adam’s Blog . More here .

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Question: Would you prefer that a union like the NEA represented sports stars like Alex Rodriquez, to keep their pay in check, or that the free market system continued to hold sway?