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Podcast: The OoruLabs Podcast
Episode: Who should be setting price for taxis, autorickshaws, water tankers etc | S2E13
Description: On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran speaks with Anupam Manur of Takshashila Institution on government setting the prices of various goods and services.
The conversation discusses the issue of price control in transportation and the effectiveness of government intervention. It explores the role of price in affordability and the complexity of pricing in transportation. The importance of price as an incentive and signal is highlighted, emphasizing the fairness of the pricing system. The consequences of government price fixing and the lack of competition in transportation are examined. The government's role in...