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2015/06/062015/06/05

Jean Lievens: End of Capitalism & Rise of Sharing Economy

Immanuel Wallerstein on when Capitalism will die Chaos until 2050 while capitalism dies — Davos (hierarchy, exploitation, polarization) will try to prevent Puerto Alegre (democratic, egalitarian, efficient resource management – no waste). Three catastrophic possibilities: environmental crisis, pandemics, nuclear war. Entire capitalist system creates toxins that are “dumped in the river.” If true cost economics …

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2015/03/302015/03/29

Jean Lievens: Will Predatory Sharing Economy Experience a Revolt?

Will there be a revolt in the sharing economy? EXTRACT It’s a revolution, for sure, but a decidedly one-sided one so far, driven by demand. What does that mean for all these sharers who are, in large part, working for big companies without ever being deemed employees? For now, they’re an unorganised group of suppliers. …

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2014/11/152014/11/15

Jean Lievens: How the Sharing Economy is Booming Without Hurting the Environment

How the Sharing Economy is Booming Without Hurting the Environment LIST ONLY 1. Minimizes manufacturing costs 2. Minimizes distribution costs 3. It lessens the need for consumption 4. It brings awareness to green strategies

2014/10/25

Graphic: ICT, The Sharing Economy, & Sustainability

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2014/10/252014/10/25

Jean Lievens: The sharing economy – make it sustainable

The sharing economy: make it sustainable Damien Demailly; Anne-Sophie Novel Studies N°03/2014. Iddri, 2014. 32 p. Is the sharing economy a tool for ecological transition? The main objective of this report is to analyse the environmental potential of the sharing economy, considered in its full diversity, and the conditions for the realization of this potential.

2014/10/21

Jean Lievens: Nora McDevitt on Living in the 21st Century – The Sharing Economy, Peer to Peer, Climate Change, and The Last 5 Billion

Living in the 21st Century: The Sharing Economy, Peer to Peer, Climate Change, and The Last 5 Billion EXTRACT This fast-moving, transformative, technological revolution will continue to unseat the old paradigm in ways that we have only begun to fathom. The old model of leadership enforces a top-down paradigm, and coined by Shepard Fairley as …

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2014/08/292014/08/29

Jean Lievens: Sharing Economy Sucking Chest Wounds…

The Unbearable Loneliness Of The Sharing Economy by Brian S Hall August 25th, 2014 The sharing economy promises the potential for riches, personal empowerment, new modes of work, and fear, the kind of fear that swells from a livelihood dependent upon algorithms, star ratings, and the feedback of strangers. When we imagined the future, certainly …

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