I think you&#x27;ve correctly identified an <i>alternate argument</i> against surge pricing - &quot;it&#x27;s better to randomly distribute a smaller number of taxis than to allocate a larger number of taxis to people willing to pay more&quot;.<p>I&#x27;ve never actually seen anyone make that argument - instead, they simply make the Copenhagen critique described in the article. If you know of someone making it, could you link to them?