As an economist, i was trying to answer how efficient this cewing system is. The worry from an economic perspective is that the cue rations out slots to people who don't have much else to do with their time and excludes people who can't afford to skip work. And you know, some people may truggle to stand in line for that long. Although actually, there was a separate cue for disabled people, so that that was meant to help with accessibility. But in general, cues do have some drawbacks. I did speak to a few retires, one student, but i did find people working in the line. Here's tot an adam, whom we had from earlier:
Five years after a brutal campaign that drove nearly 750,000 out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh, conditions for the Muslim minority remain appalling on both sides of the border. Central Asian countries are laying plans for railways that would fill their coffers, distance Russia and empower China. And the economics lessons in London’s queue to see Queen Elizabeth II.
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