The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of CrowdBased Capitalism (Mit Press),Used

The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of CrowdBased Capitalism (Mit Press),Used

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Winner of a 2017 Axiom Best Business Books Award.Sharing isn't new. Giving someone a ride, having a guest in your spare room, running errands for someone, participating in a supper club these are not revolutionary concepts. What is new, in the 'sharing economy,' is that you are not helping a friend for free; you are providing these services to a stranger for money. In this book, Arun Sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as 'crowdbased capitalism' a new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporatecentered model. As peertopeer commercial exchange blurs the lines between the personal and the professional, how will the economy, government regulation, what it means to have a job, and our social fabric be affected?Drawing on extensive research and numerous realworld examples including Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, Etsy, TaskRabbit, France's BlaBlaCar, China's Didi Kuaidi, and India's Ola, Sundararajan explains the basics of crowdbased capitalism. He describes the intriguing mix of 'gift' and 'market' in its transactions, demystifies emerging blockchain technologies, and clarifies the dizzying array of emerging ondemand platforms. He considers how this new paradigm changes economic growth and the future of work. Will we live in a world of empowered entrepreneurs who enjoy professional flexibility and independence? Or will we become disenfranchised digital laborers scurrying between platforms in search of the next wedge of piecework? Sundararajan highlights the important policy choices and suggests possible new directions for selfregulatory organizations, labor law, and funding our social safety net.

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