Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy
by randomdata on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:15AM
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They adhere to the laws to maintain their licensing to attract the consumers that demand that. As with now, customers pay a premium to have a certain standard certified for them, which benefits the service provider through higher incomes.
As I touched on a above, the thing about restricted markets is that price is able to rise artificially due to the unnaturally constrained supply. This ends up being a government subsidy; one that is disproportionally paid for by the poorest people. If you are already comfortable with subsidizing licensed businesses, why not continue to subsidize the marginal ones? Perhaps even in a way that is less impactful to the poorest people?
As well, maybe it takes a while before the true societal risks are understood, AitBNB regulations may be too weak for some reason, but until we discover that, perhaps we've "unfairly" put some marginal hotels out of business that would have survived under the impending new legislation. (Hope that makes sense?)