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A friend of mine who has made it into his sixth decade without ever sullying himself with gainful employment is now doing deliveries, shared-economy style. (Packages, not people via Uber or Lyft.) I thought he was going to rail against the system when he described what is new in his life, but his attitude surprised me. Transcribed, to the best my of my recollection, his comments were: So I went down for orientation. There were a bunch of people just...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]On The Role Of Economics, Trolley Problem Edition…: Surge pricing is basically the economic version of the trolley problem, so we shouldn’t act like there is a simple “right” answer.