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Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by kelseyfrog on Saturday March 12, 2022 @04:41PM (#30655150)
This runs counter to the principle that more/better information makes for better markets.
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Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by Barrin92 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @04:58PM (#30655322)
Much to the chagrin of economists we do still operate in the physical world and if everyone flocks to the same space and clogs up the intersection idealized scenarios about markets don't tend to do well
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Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by erik_seaberg on Saturday March 12, 2022 @08:50PM (#30657082)
A driver wants unmet demand. A heatmap of demand that ignores supply is more but not better information.
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