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by davidgerard 4571 days ago
Why price gouging is rare, even though economists, libertarians and other sociopaths love it:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/10/29/163861383/why-econ...

tl;dr normal people with functioning empathy consider it grossly antisocial and won't put up with that shit. If Uber wants itself regulated to hell, then the CEO just needs to carry on in this style.