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Uber I can see working in the long run. For taxis, they are disrupting artificial monopolies that have been created by cities.

Airbnb, that one is a bit murkier. There is something to be said for people wanting better value for money, and being able to rent a nice apt for the price of a small hotel room surely is a good thing. Even if you would add some sort of hotel tax to that, I'd say it's still superior value to a traditional hotel.



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