“Chapter 12 Coasean cluster: Coase's 1937 question and Nobel award, the inference from falling transaction costs to vanishing firms, and whether Uber's matching happens outside its boundary.”

Parts of this go against the evidence. 1 of 3 checkable claims goes against the evidence; 2 hold up so far.

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“In 1937 the economist Ronald Coase asked why companies exist at all, and he won a Nobel Prize for that work.”

Supported · 0.9995 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 4 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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“Under Coasean economics transaction costs determine firm size, so transaction costs falling to zero implies firm size falling toward zero.”

Supported · 0.8336 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 3 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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“Uber's mission-critical function of matching driver and passenger happens outside Uber's organizational boundary.”

Say instead: Uber's patented dispatch system itself runs the matching operation that selects a driver.

Contradicted · 0.0141 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 3 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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