The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism the mit press by sundararajan, arun isbn. The rise of collaborative consumption rachel botsman author, roo rogers author whats mine is yours is about collaborative consumption, a new, emerging economy made possible by online social networks and fueled by increasing cost consciousness and environmental necessity. The sharing economy ebook by arun sundararajan rakuten kobo. Hustle and gig struggling and surviving in the sharing economy. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism. Now is a good time, then, for this book, the sharing economy, in which nyu professor arun sundararajan takes on a central question. It takes time and effort for buyers to find the best price, to locate sellers, to ascertain the true quality of the good being. The aim of the book is to enrich legal debates on the social, economic, and political meaning of these cuttingedge technologies. Read the sharing economy the end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism by arun sundararajan available from rakuten kobo.
Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. How cities can build on the sharing economy and smart technology to deliver a sharing paradigm that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability. Putting the sharing economy into perspective sciencedirect. Adapting to the sharing economy instead of buying and owning products, consumers are increasingly interested in leasing and sharing them. He has a phd in theoretical chemistry, a long career in the software industry, and his book no one makes you shop at walmart is a gametheoretical investigation of individual choice that has been used in university economics, philosophy and. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy.
This is the argument author jeremy rifkin makes in his book. The wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy. The first part explores the general impact of sharing economy on the production, consumption, and society. For most of human history, there was no such thing as private property. Books on the sharing economy collaborative finance. Jul 21, 20 and the new trend it set off is the sharing economy. The capitalist sharing economy is a way of purchasing goods and services that differs from the traditional business model of corporations hiring employees to produce products to sell to consumers. In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalisma new way of. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Tom slee writes about technology, politics, and economics and in the last two years has become a leading critic of the sharing economy. The sharing economy is an economic model often defined as a peertopeer p2p based activity of acquiring, providing or sharing access to goods and services that are facilitated. Culture and the economy in the internet age, a book by philippe aigrain, with the contribution of suzanne aigrain, published at amsterdam university press on february 1st, 2012 as a paper book and as an open access digital. Companies can benefit from the trend toward collaborative consumption through selection from adapting to the sharing economy book. Alex stephany puts together a thorough, insightful, thoughtful and entertaining account of what is transpiring today and what will undoubtedly be here to stay.
In what is called collaborative consumption, the sharing economy or the peer economy, owners rent out something they are not using, such as a car. The first sharing economy organisations allowed members to timeshare things such as cars or power tools, rather than owning one each and leaving it idle most of the time. Industrial organization, productivity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. I think the sharing economy began as something that millennials did, but its actually a big part of. Sharing economies allow individuals and groups to make money from underused assets.
The matchingsupplywithdemand process in a sharing economy requires novel perspectives and tools to address challenges and identify opportunities. So, here is a list of 10 books about all things sharing in no particular order. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism mit press. The sharing economy is an excellent guide for what the future will hold. In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalism. From ebay to airbnb, consumers are increasingly more comfortable interacting directly with one another, offering services ad hoc and saving on costs as a result. He shows how, for the first time, entrepreneurs can sell reductions in transaction costs, rather than reductions in the costs of the products themselves.
By organizing peertopeer exchanges and promoting access over ownership, the sharing economy is transforming a great variety of sectors. Though its origin is vague, many credit the introduction of the term sharing economy into the broader tech lexicon to lawrence lessig, who wrote about sharing in his 2008 book remix. The sharing economy has exploded over the last few years, and the implications of this technologydriven economic model are beginning to be properly realized. Book description this handbook grapples conceptually and practically with what the sharing economy which includes entities ranging from large forprofit firms like airbnb, uber, lyft, taskrabbit, and upwork to smaller, nonprofit collaborative initiatives means for law, and how law, in turn, is shaping critical aspects of the sharing economy. Sandarajans term crowdbased capitalism is a helpful term for conceptualizing whats commonly referred to as the sharing economy. This book examines the economy of sharing in a variety of social and political contexts around the world, with consideration given to the role of sharing in relation to social order and social change, political power, group formation.
In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalisma new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporatecentered model. The sharing economy pwc pdf book manual free download. While it is theoretically possible for markets to exist for anything, transactions arent free. Jul 30, 20 the sharing economy you would be excused if you thought it sounded like the spiritual home of new age digital hippies, or maybe a step up from a barter system might sound a million. The wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that may su. Although the book provides a wealth of interesting detail in accounting for the historical emergence of crowdbased capitalism, christopher may argues that it obscures the real impact of the changes it posits on workers as well as the potential intensification of economic insecurity and inequality that may be brought about by the sharing economy.
Three in four americans have now used some type of shared or ondemand online service like uber or airbnb, according to a may pew. Enjoying fast growth, the sharing economy is an umbrella. The changemakers building the sharing economy by benita matofska, sophie sheinwald isbn. The sharing economy audiobook by arun sundararajan. Sundararajan divides the book into two logical parts, cause and effect, with each of eight main chapters ad dressing a concrete topic. Anthropology and the economy of sharing 1st edition. Some simple economics of the sharing economy john j. Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique accommodations around the world online or from a mobile phone or tablet. Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income.
In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased. Nov 16, 20 in the spirit of ideas worth spreading, tedx is a program of local, selforganized events that bring people together to share a tedlike experience. When robin chase cofounded zipcar, she not only started a business but established the foundation for one of the most important socioeconomic ideas of our time. Opinion welcome to the sharing economy the new york times. In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalisma new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporatecentered. But in the last few years a fundamentally different model has taken rootone in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more peertopeer power. Our internetconnected world makes it easy for anyone to become an entrepreneur by offering up an unused resource for sale or rent, be it an empty. New book shows how, 10 years in, sharing economy is. With her book, practicing law in the sharing economy, sharing lawyer janelle orsi addresses the legal challenges that are emerging, offering guidance on drafting agreements, structuring entities, employment regulations, intellectual property and more. Airbnb, snapgoods and 12 more pioneers of the share economy.
Books that relate to the sharing economy in on business, economic, social, or cultural level discussing everything from micro entrepreneurship to the implications for big business. Jun 09, 2016 weve already seen their influence reflected in todays sharing economy, a socioeconomic system built around the sharing of resources, with the emergence of services from airbnb to uber and. Although the book provides a wealth of interesting detail in accounting for the historical emergence of. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. Although the book provides a wealth of interesting detail in accounting for the historical emergence of crowdbased capitalism, christopher may argues. The cambridge handbook of the law of the sharing economy. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism, arun sundararajan aims to explain both the origins. In doing so munger brings a fresh perspective on the sharing economy in clear and engaging writing that is accessible to both general and specialist readers. The business of sharing is a great book about history being made today in the sharing economy. Books arun sundararajan the sharing economy nyu stern. How the sharing economy is changing consumer behavior anthony quinones amanda augustine the sharing economy has moved mainstream as technology has allowed people to overcome the trust gap ride and accommodation sharing are the most mature areas, but other sectors are growing fast.
What is new, in the sharing economy, is that you are not helping a friend for free. Silicon valley could start by putting a stop to pretending that the sharing economy is about anything other. The top 10 new books about the sharing economy shareable. She was simply amazing in the months that followed as i rapidly wrote the first two drafts of the book.
The speed of growth with which sharing systems have spread suggests that the sharing economy might represent a serious threat to established industries, due to fewer purchases and consequent distress in conventional markets. Legal tech and the new sharing economy marcelo corrales. Ondemand companies are one such innovation, and underpinning ondemand commerce is the gig economy, the collection of markets that match service providers to consumers of ondemand services on a gig or job basis. The share economy is a concept of a type of economy that is not monetarised, and is not based in a capitalist system. In wecommerce, visionary marketing strategist billee howard lays out her plan for a new vision of success and longterm, purposeful profitability i. The book is comprised of 20 chapters that are divided into four parts. Here are a few examples of companies successfully operating within the sharing economy. This book collects a series of contributions by leading scholars in the newly emerging fields of sharing economy and legal tech. The end of capitalism has begun books the guardian. Airbnb allows people to monetize their extra space and.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Our aim with this paper is to put the sharing economy into perspective by providing a conceptual framework that allows us to define the sharing economy and its close cousins and to understand its sudden rise from an economichistoric perspective section 2, to assess sharing economy platforms in terms of the economic, social and environmental. The sharing hub, a sydney accelerator for sharing economy startups, estimates that one in ten australians are participating as suppliers in the sharing economy to boost their income. The current and future state of the sharing economy. Adapting to the sharing economy adapting to the sharing. Community libraries emerged in the 18th century, allowing people to lend and borrow books to and. The current and future state of the sharing economy niam yaraghi and shamika ravi 1 1 niam yaraghi is a fellow at the governance studies center for technology innovation. The sharing economy boom articles digital innovation. The business of sharing making it in the new sharing. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism mit press the wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that may supplant traditional corporations.
Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social. This handbook grapples conceptually and practically with what the sharing economy which includes entities ranging from large forprofit firms like airbnb, uber, lyft. As best we can tell, the politics of the venture capital elite boils down to fending off higher taxes, keeping labour costs low and reducing the burden of government regulation. Nov 24, 2015 the book is suppose to launch in dec 1st but i am really enjoying the free chapter of wecommerce. The business of sharing making it in the new sharing economy, is one of the best books written on the topic. The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing of resources, goods and services, experiences. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism, professor arun sundararajan explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalism a new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporatecentered model. Although i have been captivated by the sharing economy for many years now, the emergence of this book was catalyzed by a series of email messages that my editor at the mit press, emily taber, sent me in april 2015. In what is called collaborative consumption, the sharing economy or the peer economy, owners rent out something they are not using, such as a car, house or bicycle to a stranger using these peer.