May 09, 2019
You Can’t Regulate Just One Side of an Exchange
I have a new piece up at Cato’s libertarianism. org site that reminds us that when we regulate exchanges, we are not just regulating one side of that exchange. For…
Posts filed under Uber
January 12, 2018
Efficiency Can Be Redistributive
Many economists advocate a “congestion tax” because it improves allocative efficiency. People who value the use of a road less than the total costs (including external congestion effects on other…
August 01, 2015
The Sharing Economy and the Ownership of the Means of Production
In a post at Cafe Hayek this morning, Don Boudreaux cites his Mercatus colleague Ashley Schiller’s observation that Uber and the “sharing economy” more generally allow individuals to turn their consumption…