Thoughts & Ideas on Transitional Social Economics

Omar Alansari-Kreger

There isnt a single commercial sector in any economic structure that is immune
to the transitional forces of time. The age of instantaneous communication has created
an urge for instantaneous demand that is expected shortly after its online confirmation.
As the transportation sector becomes more dynamic in light of technological
developments made in the twenty-first century, taxi cabs are going to face eventual
competitors and nothing is going to change that. Approaching an industry with a
mentality that is in line with the previous century will spell out eventual disaster for any
economic commercial sector; that approach isnt how a competitor stays competitive
period. For example, if the taxi cab industry isnt going to be challenged by a ride
sharing program it will take on the form of something similar and as a result the latter
will be met with equal opposition.
As obvious as such a realization is, transportation spells out the ultimate force
that moves the mobility of civilization and that simple fact proves its undisputable vitality;
as a result, innovators will emerge and find ways in which they can challenge the
traditional status quo as it exists. It is for that reason why competition is an unavoidable
eventuality and if a service can be offered for a fraction of the price then typically
consumers will follow suit. Will careers and entire industries be jeopardized in the
process? Absolutely, but that should be interpreted as the cost of conducting business
in a commercial sector saturated with competition. Individualized interest will be
threatened and entire livelihoods will be at stake, but those that are caught in the
gridlock of tradition must configure a way how they can remain competitive in an ever
changing commercial sector within the greater economy.
The impetus of this issue should not just fixate itself on aspects that gravitate
toward urban entertainment; these services exist outside of weekend festivities. The fact
of the matter is that much of the United States remains quite dependent on the car
culture; after World War Two, the car culture was exported as a national standard as a
means of advancing individual freedom all under the opulent idea of the American
dream. Any economist of any persuasive orientation realizes that there is one
eventuality that cant be escaped no matter how widely available a resource is in the
immediate present. It must be realized that scarcity will set in which will undermine
cultural expectations that arbitrarily demand surpluses of the same resource. Within any
metropolitan area there will be some kind of taxi cab service that will be made available
to residents and visitors alike.
There is no discrimination when it comes down to maximizing a clientele for a
service that emerges out of a naturally occurring popular demand. However, when the
cost of business increases so will the cab fares which in itself is a reflection of the
bigger picture at hand. All other sectors within an economic structure are directly
confronted with the same implications; when the price of oil by the barrel skyrockets
costs of infrastructural logistics increase which explains one of the main reasons why
food at the grocery store peaks at an inflated premium. From a communalistic
perspective it is rather saddening to observe a traditional pillar of the community fall into
a dwindling decline, but from a big picture perspective change is unavoidable and often
times not as bad as we think.
Rather than depending on finite fossil fuels we should be implementing ways
where a culture of mass transit becomes an urban precedent that could emerge as
something that is quintessentially American much as it is Europe today. To date, we still
dont have a high speed railway system that interconnects the continental United States;
if we did we could exponentially lessen our dependency on fossil fuels which eases
inflation within the spectrum of the national economy. That can jeopardize the eco-
political agendas of those fat cat sheiks and the tradecraft of economic tradition can
recycle itself into an entirely new and revolutionary infrastructure.