Uber Teams With Unions Against Self-Driving Cars, Citing Monopoly Economics

Economist Carl Benedikt Frey argues that Uber's alliance with driver unions against autonomous vehicles echoes classic research on how incumbents' monopoly rights block prosperity. He notes the irony that Uber itself once disrupted taxis over fierce resistance, showing incumbents of any era tend to resist new technology.

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