Tag: sharing

Bumps In The Road: Don’t Bet On Uber Crashing

Post author By lmacret
Post date August 9, 2017

David Joles

NEW YORK — For six months now, almost all the news about Uber has been bad. Even before then, the ride-hailing company’s combative executive team displayed a remarkable facility for generating negative headlines, but since former Uber engineer Susan Fowler went public in February about seemingly systemic sexual-harassment problems at the company, it’s just been one disaster after the other. Ugly lawsuit over allegedly stealing autonomous-car secrets from Google parent Alphabet? Check! Revelations of a concerted effort to evade regulators around the world? Check! Embarrassing video of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick rudely berating a diver? Check! Board […]

Tags apps, economy, Kalanick, lyft, sharing, Travis, uber, united states

Economy Smarter Cities

Seoul Aims To Be World Capital Of The Sharing Economy

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Post date April 22, 2016

A traditional Korean room available on the Kozaza home sharing site Kozaza

For the last several years, South Korea’s capital has made the sharing economy a priority, funding a citywide initiative that has enabled dozens of startups to emerge. But they are still struggling to export.

Tags economy, Neal Gorenflo, seoul, shareable, sharehub, sharing, south korea

Future Ideas

Why The Left Is Blinded By The Sharing Economy

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Post date March 4, 2016

Sharing? Greg Dunlap

The rapid growth of the sharing economy is both inevitable and generally good. But only a fool can believe it will truly disrupt the natural capitalist forces of our market economy.

Tags blablacar, capitalism, economy, france, growth, sharing

Economy Society

In France, The Freecycle Movement Is Going Retail

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Post date October 19, 2015

Facebook page/Worldcrunch collage

What if everything were free? Well, it is at Debora Fischkandl’s little Paris shop, no strings attached. And hers isn’t the only one. A look at the radical side of the sharing economy.

Tags baguette, coffee, donations, economy, france, generosity, gift, sharing, suspended

Economy Future Geopolitics Ideas

Uber, Revolution Of The Always Informed Consumer

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Post date January 30, 2015

In, Bogota, Colombia Daniel Garzon Herazo/ZUMA

BOGOTA — The significance of Uber goes well beyond its specific function, which is to connect willing drivers with people who need to move around in a safe, comfortable and punctual manner. The deeper message of the controversial digital application — and others like it — is in the changing way labor and service markets […]

Tags airbnb, application, colombia, economy, internet, lyft, sharing, sidecar, unemployment