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Michel Bauwens: The Sharing Economy – Conversation with Links

El Correo de las Indias English edition The “Sharing Economy,” the “economy of the commons,” deserves and needs a point of reference equivalent to the large institutions of European social theory. Via GAIA: Global Alliance for Immediate Alteration Production, not consumption; Economics of the Commons, not Sharing Economics For a “Somewhere School of Sharing Economics” …

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Tom Atlee: Emerging Economics #3 – The Sharing Economy

Emerging Economics #3: The Sharing Economy Dear friends One of the key features of “the new economy” is sharing.  More and more people are sharing housing, cars, bikes, tools, meals, skills, money, books, ideas, music, energy, recreation, projects, transportation, knowledge, problem-solving, visions, jobs, ownership, clothes, stories, time… Sharing is a resource in hard times as …

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Jean Lievens: Forget Sharing — Go Circular Economy

Forget the ‘sharing economy’: technology is about to usher in the ‘circular’ economy A ‘circular supply chain’ using technology can achieve sustainable production and business growth An open, networked business-to-business platform that connects entire supply chains can serve as the enabler for progressive enterprises with the foresight to seize the opportunity.

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Jean Lievens: Sharing is Good for Community, Economy, Nature

Sharing is Good: Building a Sharing Economy & Community Beth Buczynski By sharing what we already have (time, energy, money, goods, foods, skills) we can create communities of abundance. By changing our idea of what it means to be sustainable people, families, and businesses, and working together to achieve it instead of alone in our …

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Jean Lievens: Millennials and the “Sharing” Economy

A new generation of cash-strapped ‘millennials’ have very different expectations about jobs, credit and money. As Michelle Fleury reports, they are using the internet for a new ‘sharing economy’. The cash-strapped millennials using ‘sharing economy’ The ‘millennials’ are the generation that came of age after the 2008 financial crisis. Cash-strapped and internet-savvy, they have very …

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