Nope and nope. A guild of taxi drivers prevents a "race to the bottom", which does, in fact lead to the benefits I describe. Its not an issue of "fair" wages (a

Nope and nope. A guild of taxi drivers prevents a "race to the bottom", which does, in fact lead to the benefits I describe. Its not an issue of "fair" wages (although I did use that word), its an issue of _good_ wages. If you want a decent service, you have to attract good providers by paying decent money (and its here that Ubernomics falls down).