While market forces do have a logic and power of their own, they are neither irrefutable nor divine. They can be tamed; they can be thwarted. Other values, like fairness or social cohesion, are sometimes more important.

Neoliberalism is not destiny, in other words. It can be made to bend to the will of the people — no matter what Uber’s friends in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street, and in the halls of government want you to believe.