Innovation on Trial: Jack Nicastro on Empower’s Fight to Exist
Why is D.C. trying to shut down a rideshare app that pays drivers more and charges riders less? Jack Nicastro of Reason Magazine joins to unpack Empower’s battle with regulators, what “innovation vs. permission” means in real life, and how markets—not mandates—keep people safe.
Want to explore more?
- Read Nicastro's work at Reason Magazine.
- Michael Munger on the Sharing Economy, and EconTalk podcast.
- Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works, an EconTalk podcast.
- Dwight Lee, The Sharing Economy is as Old as Markets, at Econlib.
- John List on Scale, Uber, and the Voltage Effect, an EconTalk podcast.