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Isn't Uber a good example of libertarian ideology? By the way, can drivers choose their rate?
by jokoon 11y ago
Isn't Uber a good example of libertarian ideology?
By the way, can drivers choose their rate?
- chipperyman573 11y ago>By the way, can drivers choose their rate? No
- oconnor663 11y agoUber's a real company, so to the extent that any ideology describes the real world, Uber might be an example of it :) Libertarians tend think Uber is an example of the free market doing a better job than a highly regulated one. Other people think Uber is an example of the free market abusing labor more than a highly regulated one. If we agree that both are true to some extent, then I guess the next step is to find language for comparing those apples and oranges. (How should we measure consumer benefits, and how should we measure abuse, and then how much benefit is worth X additional abuse?)
- _delirium 11y agoImo, Uber is a pretty good example of a company that highlights rifts in the libertarian movement over the extent to which large corporations directing labor are compatible with libertarianism. The kinds of libertarians who emphasize freedom of contract and the free market would see them as a great example. The kinds of libertarians who emphasize individual autonomy against collective decision-making might be less keen. There's an old disagreement over whether corporations are an example of freedom of economic association, or an example of a quasi-governmental collective coercion. Roughly: Milton Friedman vs. Lysander Spooner.
- rconti 11y agoIt would be more libertarian if it was a model for setting you up with a driver with whom you directly negotiate terms of your transportation arrangement.. :)
- oconnor663 11y agoMinimizing transaction costs is the most important freedom :-D