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on September 19, 2016
The sharing economy has grown at an exponential pace in the last few years and that trend is set to continue. The Sharing Economy details what this new space is, how it is defined, the different models that are being employed by companies in this new economy, the regulatory issues and the implications on the broader economy. It aggregates a lot of ideas that are out there and have been discussed in magazines and recent books with a focus on the sharing economy side of the digital revolution of course. If one is interested in this new field then this is a good way to both familiarize yourself as well as get acquainted with how to think about its impact and the issues that will both propel as well as constrain it.
The Sharing Economy touches on multiple issues as its a very large and expanding topic. The author starts by discussing what he sees as the sharing economy an its spectrum. On the extreme side is the gift economy like couch surf and the other is Uber where there isn't really sharing at all but rather people can increase their self employment via selling services or under utilized assets. Most of the sharing economy will evolve in the market place where prices will define transaction volumes inevitably. The author discusses various start ups, their founders, how their ideas were initially local in nature and realized later they could scale. Also the various kinds of ideas that have been successful. One gets a good sense of the current but fast changing landscape and its hard not to see the possibilities. The author discusses the economics of these businesses and their repercussions. There is a discussion of how these businesses compete with existing business and how much they expand the space of transactions. There will be both of course and will be a function of the business as well inevitably. The author discusses the legal challenges the businesses present and how some of these issues are currently being resolved and thought about in the policy domain. The author discusses how the regulatory requirements of the sharing economy could be considered and how they should likely be different for large multinational businesses. The major point the author tries to convey is much of the sharing economy can be self regulating via user experience (though there are some statistical issues that are unavoidable in such a framework) and our reliance on regulation as it stands today is a consequence of business scale in the past rather than efficiency and were the nature of commerce change so should the nature of regulation with regards to it change. The author goes into how these changes are affecting businesses and lifestyles and discuses policies that could be considered to address the structural changes we face.
The Sharing Economy provides a good overview of a new form of exchange that will inevitably grow and grow fast. The changes will be broad and hopefully improve economic efficiency substantially and as a consequence many will be affected to varying magnitudes. The book communicates well but it is dull at times and it often states fairly obvious points too frequently. Some of the book will be repetitive to many as the topics covered are already in the paper and magazines of today so the issues are unlikely to be to a completely unfamiliar reader. For discussions of the impact of the increasing digitization of the economy I recommend other books like the second machine age. For a discussion of the sharing economy only, this is one of the only books I know and it is clearly presented. Recommend reading for those who want an overview of that topic fairly comprehensively.
The Sharing Economy touches on multiple issues as its a very large and expanding topic. The author starts by discussing what he sees as the sharing economy an its spectrum. On the extreme side is the gift economy like couch surf and the other is Uber where there isn't really sharing at all but rather people can increase their self employment via selling services or under utilized assets. Most of the sharing economy will evolve in the market place where prices will define transaction volumes inevitably. The author discusses various start ups, their founders, how their ideas were initially local in nature and realized later they could scale. Also the various kinds of ideas that have been successful. One gets a good sense of the current but fast changing landscape and its hard not to see the possibilities. The author discusses the economics of these businesses and their repercussions. There is a discussion of how these businesses compete with existing business and how much they expand the space of transactions. There will be both of course and will be a function of the business as well inevitably. The author discusses the legal challenges the businesses present and how some of these issues are currently being resolved and thought about in the policy domain. The author discusses how the regulatory requirements of the sharing economy could be considered and how they should likely be different for large multinational businesses. The major point the author tries to convey is much of the sharing economy can be self regulating via user experience (though there are some statistical issues that are unavoidable in such a framework) and our reliance on regulation as it stands today is a consequence of business scale in the past rather than efficiency and were the nature of commerce change so should the nature of regulation with regards to it change. The author goes into how these changes are affecting businesses and lifestyles and discuses policies that could be considered to address the structural changes we face.
The Sharing Economy provides a good overview of a new form of exchange that will inevitably grow and grow fast. The changes will be broad and hopefully improve economic efficiency substantially and as a consequence many will be affected to varying magnitudes. The book communicates well but it is dull at times and it often states fairly obvious points too frequently. Some of the book will be repetitive to many as the topics covered are already in the paper and magazines of today so the issues are unlikely to be to a completely unfamiliar reader. For discussions of the impact of the increasing digitization of the economy I recommend other books like the second machine age. For a discussion of the sharing economy only, this is one of the only books I know and it is clearly presented. Recommend reading for those who want an overview of that topic fairly comprehensively.
on October 31, 2016
Covers a lot of ground perhaps in more depth than many readers are looking for. Good overview of the field
on August 28, 2016
The SHARING ECONOMY talks clearly about how economy is changing rapidly into one where ownership is being replaced by access.
on August 8, 2016
This is a easy read. It presents ideas and concepts that may or may not be valid depending on the readers focus of interest. I enjoy the input from the contributors who are trying to become more efficient with resources and their distribution throughout the changing society
