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The "gig economy" companies are actually a way of giving more people a chance to make money.

They aren't the bad guys here. The taxi unions, which stifled innovation, forced out all competition with the medallion system, and created a monopoly, which resulted in terrible, overpriced, and outdated systems only hurt the consumer.

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Child labour was also a way of giving more families a chance to make money.

Well put. Anyone can find a job and "make money". The issue here, of course, is much broader.

It's worth noting that the NWTA, what most people mean when they say "taxi union" is not by any means a traditional union. Since taxi drivers (in most jurisdictions) are contractors and not employees, they have zero collective bargaining rights.

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