Sheldon Richman on Politicians Trying to Keep Uber Out of Little Rock

The nerve of some people! Imagine coming to a
city and doing business without first asking permissionfrom local
officials! That’s what Uber has done in cities all over the United
States and Europe, and it’s created quite a storm among politicians
and licensed taxi drivers, who have held up traffic in, among other
places, Boston, London, and Paris just to stamp their feet at the
high-tech competition. Recently, Uber tried to set up shop in
Little Rock, Arkansas, writes Sheldon Richman, and what happened
was typical of the struggles Uber and other ridesharing services
have with entrenched interests like the taxi cartels.

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