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The Dark Side of the Sharing Economy: Could Airbnb Accelerate Gentrification? Neal Gorenflo Shareable.net, 06.25.13 In the last week, two thought leaders in the sharing space, Jeremiah Owyang of Altimeter Group and Anya Kamenetz of FastCompany, have written posts exploring the dark sides of the sharing economy.
Rachel Botsman: How We Treat People Will Ultimately Drive Our World Rachel Botsman advocated the advantage of reputation capital at Wired Money in London yesterday. She noted that an economy based on reputation is incredibly empowering, and will take us away from a financial world “based largely on faceless transactions and moving us to an …
Why The Sharing Economy Is Growing People get into it for the money, but they stay with it for love. Most people who share, do it because they want to make the world a better place, according to a new national survey commissioned by AirBnb. The sharing economy has an estimated $26 billion value, including …
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Economist: Sharing Economy All Eyes on the Sharing Economy Collaborative consumption: Technology makes it easier for people to rent items to each other. But as it grows, the “sharing economy” is hitting roadblocks By The Economist, March 9 2013. WHY pay through the nose for something when you can rent it more cheaply from a …
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How We’re Applying the Sharing Economy to Education By Andrew Grauer A sustainable economy requires that both the supply and demand sides benefit from a transaction. In education, we see so many inefficiencies between those supplying the knowledge and those consuming it. Teachers feel like they’re being underpaid and students feel like they are overpaying …
Value from nothing – the sharing economy Patrick Doherty Flip the Media, 9 March 2013 AirBnb, etsy and Relay Rides are the current poster children of the sharing economy. If you don’t know what that is, it’s also called collaborative consumption or peer-to-peer selling. In other words, just fancy names for one person selling or renting …
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Can the Sharing Economy Cross to the Mainstream? EXTRACT: The resounding message of the sharing economy is that it fosters relationships and builds communities. So far, it has focused primarily on the self-interested values of saving money and making money from the idle resources in order to appeal to consumers. The sharing economy should incorporate …
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