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Taxis haven't gone out of business yet. Medallians only apply to NYC. Cities have been hit hard (portland, austin). But to be fair, it caused Radio Cab to mode

Taxis haven't gone out of business yet. Medallians only apply to NYC. Cities have been hit hard (portland, austin). But to be fair, it caused Radio Cab to modernize with an app. Profitabilty: Here, I did your research for you, not too hard: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lensherman/2019/06/02/can-uber-ever-be-profitable/#27bb25705785 https://www.forbes.com/sites/lensherman/2019/06/02/can-uber-... https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-lyft-ipo-disclosure-20190307-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-lyft-... Please take at least one second to google next time? Fair Trade absolutely has an impact, by your own admission! You are applying the "if you can't fix everything don't bother fixing anything" fallacy. I don't know why certain personality types have to hide behind this when someone is trying to do something good. Do you just hate yourself?

AnthonyMouse 7y ago
> Taxis haven't gone out of business yet. So you have no evidence that they'll raise prices and the claim that they would is pure speculation. Which still doesn't explain how they would be able to when they still have to compete with each other and when the barrier to entry is very low such that if they ever did they would quickly get new competitors. > Profitabilty: Here, I did your research for you, not too hard Websites explaining why they currently spend more than they take in (answer: long-term investments like R&D and advertising), not how they would lose money on the average ride. > Fair Trade absolutely has an impact, by your own admission! You are applying the "if you can't fix everything don't bother fixing anything" fallacy. I never claimed it doesn't do anything. It's just not an example of dumping or anti-competitive behavior. Non-fair trade coffee isn't excluded from the market in any way. The higher price for fair trade coffee doesn't come from market power, it comes from marketing and selling a different product (a specific brand of morality) which is worth more money to some customers. There is no cartel there. There is nobody stopping anybody new from paying higher wages and marketing their coffee as such, nor from paying lower wages and charging lower prices.

AnthonyMouse 7y ago

> Taxis haven't gone out of business yet. So you have no evidence that they'll raise prices and the claim that they would is pure speculation. Which still doesn't explain how they would be able to when they still have to compete with each other and when the barrier to entry is very low such that if they ever did they would quickly get new competitors. > Profitabilty: Here, I did your research for you, not too hard Websites explaining why they currently spend more than they take in (answer: long-term investments like R&D and advertising), not how they would lose money on the average ride. > Fair Trade absolutely has an impact, by your own admission! You are applying the "if you can't fix everything don't bother fixing anything" fallacy. I never claimed it doesn't do anything. It's just not an example of dumping or anti-competitive behavior. Non-fair trade coffee isn't excluded from the market in any way. The higher price for fair trade coffee doesn't come from market power, it comes from marketing and selling a different product (a specific brand of morality) which is worth more money to some customers. There is no cartel there. There is nobody stopping anybody new from paying higher wages and marketing their coffee as such, nor from paying lower wages and charging lower prices.