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I'd feel less bad if monopoly protections for billionaire patent holders and land owners (who collect rents from these very taxi drivers) weren't simultaneously
by crdoconnor 11y ago
I'd feel less bad if monopoly protections for billionaire patent holders and land owners (who collect rents from these very taxi drivers) weren't simultaneously getting much, much stronger.
Sadly, some people only seem to care about liberalizing industries that the little people derive just enough income to get by on.
- CaptainSwing 11y agoI'm happy that somebody has raised this point. David Harvey gives a particularly good analysis of the concept of monopoly as it relates to rent here:http://www.socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/article/view/5778#.VYw0uGpwYv4 http://www.socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/article/view/... To usefully understand the struggles taking place around Uber's "disruption" of traditional taxis we need a more nuanced perspective than regulation=monopoly=bad/free market=competition=good