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Josh Zweig's avatar

Love it and thank you - I think it's important to keep the sanity of not throwing all the models we've studied for years just because (they are not perfect, they need to get better).

"The result is exactly what the model predicts: the marginal trips were pruned away, freeing up road space for those who value it more, and overall congestion eased."

This is sometimes so needed to be remember by some actors in the political sphere, both sides. Now, I remember how many people are complaining about the CO2 emissions market in Europe, from the green-left because apparently its capitalism and it's wrong. While, this is creating a spur in innovation that will be needed. See for example carbon capture technologies that just work as a mechanism to avoid the potential CO2 high prices.

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Joe Potts's avatar

"based on IV estimates" Intravenous estimates?

Yes, economics is MUCH simpler than most people realize. We ARE all economists. Every day.

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