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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:00AM (#29549017)
Doing medallions create artificial scarcity?
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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by wolverine876 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @04:07PM (#29571654)
> Doing medallions create artificial scarcity?

If you mean 'Don't mediallions ...', no. They take a real scarcity, road space (and pollution capacity) and shift it from an externality, something an entity consumes and but doesn't pay for, to something they do pay for.

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