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Does financialization know no bounds? What's next, bots booking up doctor's appointments and reselling the slots? Many restaurants in NYC have started to add a charge for no-shows—I wonder if it were more widespread would it help to dampen the market a bit.

Unfortunately you missed this bit

Frey launched Appointment Trader, an online marketplace for people to buy and sell reservations—everything from private shopping experiences (the Hermès store in Paris), doctors’ appointments (a hot commodity in Miami and Beverly Hills)
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