Apropå GTs utspel om folkomröstning kring trängselskatter. Här är Edward Glaesers syn på saken, från ett prat på LSE:

We’re economists, right? We believe in not running Soviet-style transport policy, at least I do. In the Soviet Union, they used to allocate groceries by having prices way below the market rate, and then have long lines of stock-outs. Well, that is how we allocate highway space.  … We give away highway space for free, and then have long lines of stock-outs. … In America, the right to drive freely on every road is not written into the constitution. There is absolutely no way out of this problem without pricing…