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Uber and Surge Pricing

Geoff Riley

24th December 2014

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Uber is a business that has enjoyed rapid growth because of the huge success of its app. It now operates in more than 250 cities across 50 countries although some cities and governments have taken steps to ban the business.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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