Uber May Be a Political Boon

According to the news reports here, Uber’s success goes beyond its business model; its most important market move was cultivating political relationships to legitimize what was previously illegal, even achieving regional monopolies, and using those connections to confront government regulators. It’s a perfect illustration of the capital-and-power games we see in American TV dramas. (Season four of House of Cards seems to focus heavily on this.) Read original