Economics Explained Misunderstands Induced Demand
A critique of a video on induced demand, with insights on steam engines, Xi, and drifting from the Armchair Urbanist Series π

Alan Fisher
563.0K views β’ May 7, 2023

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His excuse of a video gives me an opportunity to talk about steam engines, Xi and drifting...
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Cited Articles:
https://eurasiantimes.com/a-whopping-900b-debt-chinas-once-profitable-high-speed-railways/
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/07/10/cost-of-high-speed-rail-in-china-one-third-lower-than-in-other-countries
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/why-is-new-south-wales-scrapping-its-high-speed-rail-plans/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Economies of Scale
3:48 Chinese High Speed Rail
9:29 Induced Demand
14:29 But Muh Car
16:26 Extra info
17:48 Outro
The Armchair Urbanist Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhycIWhOLttikNg2Z1aJvGPoqijpGs9qh
My Second Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VLdvwf4NKDkCYAiB0NAhw
Posters and other Merch here:
https://armchair-urbanist-2.creator-spring.com/
My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/alanthefisher
Discord here:
https://discord.gg/urbanist
My Twitter:
https://twitter.com/alanthefisher
Tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@alanthefisher
*Wanna send a Package?*
PO Box 38619
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Cited Articles:
https://eurasiantimes.com/a-whopping-900b-debt-chinas-once-profitable-high-speed-railways/
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/07/10/cost-of-high-speed-rail-in-china-one-third-lower-than-in-other-countries
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/why-is-new-south-wales-scrapping-its-high-speed-rail-plans/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Economies of Scale
3:48 Chinese High Speed Rail
9:29 Induced Demand
14:29 But Muh Car
16:26 Extra info
17:48 Outro
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May 7, 2023
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