The Case of the Walking Bratwurst Restaurant
25th September 2009
After losing his job in hotel management in 1997, Bertram Rohloff wanted to open a stand to sell sandwiches but found he could not get the necessary permits to set up shop. So instead he envisaged an evolution in food-preparation technology, a step beyond the rolling hot-dog cart, because without the necessary permits, neither the grill nor the sausages could touch the ground.
Regulation is the mother of invention? Say rather than markets work whether you want them to or not.