What's Yours Is Mine
Against the Sharing Economy
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Word Count
53,000 words, Guess
Page Count
212 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27518937M
- ISBN-139781682190227
- ISBN-101682190226
- OCLC Control Number946343459
- Internet Archivewhatsyoursismine0000slee_b0l9
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- Amazon1682190226
Classifications
- LCCHD2963 S64 2015
Description
"The news is full of their names, supposedly the vanguard of a rethinking of capitalism. Lyft, Airbnb, Taskrabbit, Uber, and many more companies have a mandate of disruption and upending the "old order"--and they've succeeded in effecting the "biggest change in the American workforce in over a century," according to former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. But this new wave of technology companies is funded and steered by very old-school venture capitalists. And in What's Yours Is Mine, technologist Tom Slee argues the so-called sharing economy damages development, extends harsh free-market practices into previously protected areas of our lives, and presents the opportunity for a few people to make fortunes by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk. Drawing on original empirical research, Slee shows that the friendly language of sharing, trust, and community masks a darker reality."--Amazon.com.
Description
Argues the so-called sharing economy--a wave of new businesses such as Uber and Airbnb that use the internet to match customers with service providers for real world exchanges--damages development, extends harsh free-market practices into previously protected areas of our lives, and presents the opportunity for a few people to make fortunes by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk. --From publisher description.
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