{"id":3670,"date":"2015-11-30T19:02:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2015-11-30T19:02:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:32:21","slug":"uber-and-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/uber-and-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber and Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anant Rangaswami tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need an &#39;Uber&#39; moment in governance, when the govt is instantly more efficient, responsive and proactive and users are delighted.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anant Rangaswami (@AnantRangaswami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnantRangaswami\/status\/671318178757263360\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I love Uber, as much for what it is as what it represents. But here&#8217;s the thing: Uber functions because its marketplace is competitive. When it comes to most of the services the government provides, though, the government has a monopoly. The greatest incentive for any organisation to function well comes from competition, and the need to excel in order to survive. In areas that the government has a monopoly, I predict, it will fail&#8212;as indeed ours has for 68 years. You cannot change the level of service until you change the incentives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anant Rangaswami tweets:<\/p>\n<p>[tweet]<\/p>\n<p>I love Uber, as much for what it is as what it represents. But here&#8217;s the thing: Uber functions because its marketplace is competitive. When it comes to most of the services the government provides, though, the government has a monopoly. The greatest incentive for any organisation to function well comes from competition, and the need to excel in order to survive. In areas that the government has a monopoly in, I predict, it will fail&#8212;as indeed ours has for 68 years. You cannot change the service until you change the incentives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uber and Governance - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/uber-and-governance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uber and Governance - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anant Rangaswami tweets: [tweet] I love Uber, as much for what it is as what it represents. 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