Critical Material on the Sharing Economy

Overview of Resource Material

• Please read: Tom Atlee on the New Sharing Economy. Beware of Sharewashing!! Renting and working for money is not sharing! Find more critiques of sharewashing practices in our Sharing Economy page

• Excellent intro: Debating the Sharing Economy By Juliet Schor.

• Video: Janelle Orsi on the Requirements for a Real Sharing Economy [1]

• Book: What's Yours Is Mine. AGAINST THE SHARING ECONOMY. TOM SLEE. OR Books, 2015 [2]

"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."

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• Article: Sharing economy as an anti-concept. By Marco Pedroni. First Monday, Volume 24, Number 2 - 4 February 2019 [3]; see: Sharing Economy as Anti-Concept