@mentalguy @susie_c Uber drivers have an interest in a successful and growing Uber; they're not purely competitors.
@nimbusgo @mentalguy @susie_c Wages don't work like that (contra conservative assumptions): http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sticky-wages-and-the-macro-story …
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@wycats@mentalguy@susie_c well uber drivers don't have wages. They have fares. If they were employees maybe it would be different. -
@nimbusgo@mentalguy@susie_c Hm. It's possible that wage stickiness doesn't apply to independent contractors! -
@wycats@mentalguy@susie_c isn't that the whole idea? They don't get paid as much if they don't drive as many people. -
@nimbusgo@mentalguy@susie_c Wage stickiness is just the empirical observation that prices stay higher despite supply/demand expectations -
@wycats Yes, there are all sorts of non fluidity in employment. However, Uber is striving to create a market that's as fluid as possible. -
@nimbusgo They're trying :) -
@wycats so why would you presume that uber doing better as a business (higher revenue / profit margin) is good for drivers? -
@nimbusgo For some drivers, it's enabling them to work at all, but you're right. The argument was about whether drivers hate each other. - 2 more replies
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