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The taxi industry has existed for a long time with a lot of the regulations that people are trying to force onto Uber. But drivers flocked from taxis to Ubers as soon as that optio…

That's what they're saying to justify it. That and the evergreen appeal to "security reasons". But these are the same people who, every few years, try to ban strong encryption. The…

One distinction I should have drawn is between running an Airbnb with a landlord's permission (or as a landlord yourself) versus doing it in violation of other agreements you have …

I'm with you that if they were doing that in violation of their lease, then it's wrong.

Dense, multi-use blocks are part of the magic of New York. And there are hotels comingled with residential buildings all over the city. I'm not saying tenants should be free to vio…

It harms communities by allowing housing inventory to flow to where the demand is most intense?

The key is don't follow accounts that tweet about politics. I filtered mine down a few years ago and have loved it ever since.

Any more info out there on the technical details of the bust?

I'd say that's a good argument for fixing whatever the flaws are in the handoff process that make it even worse than 28-hour shifts.

When given a choice, drivers stampeded from yellow cabs to Uber. Riders stampeded from yellow cabs to Uber. It's clear which one most parties prefer. And that suggests that all tho…

What kind of books do you write?

Huge portions of the cost of building a utility are due to local regulations, not the inherent cost of doing it. http://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-jus...

Foreign competition is important, because some things (like oil drilling or sugar farming) are only doable in a few places, so if one company captures those places it'll be tough t…

What are some good examples of sustained monopolies in markets that aren't heavily regulated?

Those monopolies were generally protected by tariffs, expensive licenses or regulatory costs, or other laws that blocked competition. Some dominant companies of course emerged in t…

There are huge regulatory hurdles to starting new ISPs.

This is an interesting angle. Are there examples of it actually happening?

Genuine question: is it safe to assume that dumping is bad for consumers? It's clearly bad for competitors, but it's basically like handing out free money to consumers. The concern…

There's a book called "Catastrophic Care" that directly addresses this question. It's an expansion of an article the same author wrote for The Atlantic ( http://www.theatlantic.com…

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I'd suggest that a lottery is less fair even to the poor — it doesn't account at all for how badly someone wants a ticket, and to whatever extent it might be gameable, the poor wil…

Do you have a system in mind that would be more fair?

That's how almost all goods in the world are allocated. Is a lottery more fair?

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "withdrawing supply"? Are you worried that sellers will hold some tickets back from the auction, or that resellers will buy the tickets that…

Could you elaborate on the "regardless of the price" part of that? Are you saying that popular tickets should always just be allocated by lottery? Would you say that about other sc…