In this article titled “Sen. Schumer urges Amtrak not to shrink seats in attempt to make
money” written by Sarah Gabriella and Reuven Belau, these New York Daily news writers
discuss the disadvantages of making seats smaller on the train as well as to increase the overall
price of the fare of the Amtrak.
This article is closely related to how people make decisions regarding the economy;
Rational people buy on the margin. If the prices go up and people are getting less for what they
originally paid for they are less likely to buy the seat because they are getting less. It is just like
an airline company doing the same thing consumers are more likely to switch to a company that
has more benefits for the price as well as the overall accommodations that the company is giving
them. But that is also a tradeoff of the economy to give people with more money more incentives
like a “first class” in a train. While the “economy class” would face the tradeoff; smaller seats,
