So because of the reasons you listed, there should be no competition?
Can we leave it to the consumer to decide which service they want, and what risks they are willing to take?
Can we leave it to the worker to decide which company they want to work for (taxi vs Uber, vs another line of work).?

I am just wondering who this is hurting by allowing competition, and by what criteria we/society decide that trade cannot happen between two consenting adults.

Any idea why they are popular with the consumer?

I wonder what the "people" say.
I'm not really interested in what the taxi companies, unions or politicians have to say.

If this is a detriment in some way to the general public, by all means get rid of it; I have yet to see a single anti-Uber post on here demonstrating how Uber is a bad thing.

If in fact it is bad for the consumer, or general public, why does the demand for the service keep the service running?

Correct me if I'm wrong but nobody is forcing people to use Uber right?
And the Uber drivers are getting compensated fairy? (otherwise I would assume they would find employment elsewhere).

Simple supply and demand. When the demand gets high enough usually the laws change.

Just because something is Law by no means makes it just, right, or logical.

Hint: It's the one not breathing.

Bamba is awesome! It's funny to watch an american try it for the first time.

Can you share have the link to the study?

In the eyes of management and the bean counters, you are nothing more than a resource. You are a meat robot getting paid X to do 100% of Y. Simple.

In reality you happen to be a human that eats, poops, get's sick, has feelings, family etc and realize that nobody is 100% effect.

Labor will start to comply and do the best they can to track their time; however shortly after this management get's upset and chastises labor for only getting 75-80% of time tracked.

Shortly after the berating labor miraculously manages to track 100% of their time. The formula for labor becomes 8/Tasks = Time per task.

Management becomes happy.

(This scenario has been realized at every position I've been at in the last 10 years). ... I wonder what the management and the bean counters think when their overlords ask for the same thing?

I'd settle for just training most things not to poop in my yard. Whatever that takes.

Absolutely untrue.

While the distribution is not close to "even", the "poor" (at least in the United States) are enjoying a higher quality of life.

Everyone is benefiting, just not evenly.
 

Exactly.

Most "work" is useless busy work now-a-days.

See job title: Social Media Manager.

So what you're saying is the uranium powered bicycle is REALLY dangerous.

If you read the comments to this article you'll see that most of the people leaving comments believe there are no unbiased medical professionals.... well, except for those that agree with them, like the one that wrote the article.

I hope your questions are mostly rhetorical.

It's been coming for a long time and everyone has seen it coming. But the moment someone speaks out against it the Social Crusaders label that person as a racist, sexist, bigot, or privileged white male to silence and shame them.

The Social Equality crusade has been in effect for decades at least.
Things like Affirmative Action are down right discriminatory but are deemed necessary by Social Warriors in the name of Social Justice and/or Equality.

As the abundance of wealth in this country has spread and the sense of self entitlement has grown people have been whipped into a politically correct fervor and there is no sign of slowing down.

Survival of the fittest is now a thing of the past.
We live in a time where there is such an abundance of goods, medicine and food that we can pick and choose who will succeed and on what merit (or lack-thereof).

That's why they are putting more girls in the classes: to attract more nerds, duh.

I feel this same way about my auto mechanic. I'm deeply troubled by the lack of female representation when I take my car in. Something must be done.