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Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing by intended on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:53AM (#40819128)
Clear accurate pricing is how people decide what to do with their resources. Pricing things correctly is basically the reason we have a modern economy.

Externalities are one of the thornier issues and making those prices clear to people is how we get people to decide whether they actually want to pay the full price of a good or service.

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Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing by enriquec on Friday June 28, 2024 @09:49AM (#40820580)
its artificial pricing by definition
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Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing by intended on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:17AM (#40820843)
By that criteria Any price that includes some tax would be artificial. I suppose libertarians would be happy.

Artificial, organic, lab grown or otherwise - does the price of a good or service capture the cost of its production.

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Re:The Death of NYC Congestion Pricing by seoulmetro on Sunday June 30, 2024 @06:17PM (#40840834)
So you don't believe in welfare? Because they circumvent "accurate pricing".
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