There is a world of difference between "hiring X from a pool of cheap labor" and what Uber does. ODesk is hiring X from a cheap pool of labor. Uber is push a bu

There is a world of difference between "hiring X from a pool of cheap labor" and what Uber does. ODesk is hiring X from a cheap pool of labor. Uber is push a button and you get where you are going. Fundamentally, Uber is a Walrasian auctioneer that solves the socialist calculation problem within the transportation sector. I consider that to be innovation.