What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy

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A razor-sharp examination of the so-called 'sharing economy'. Uber. Airbnb. Taskrabbit. In recent years, companies like these have flooded the global market, labelling themselves the new 'sharing economy', disrupters of the old order. But this new wave of technology companies is funded and steered by very old-school venture capitalists. In What's Yours Is Mine, 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 an enormous amount of money by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk. Drawing on original empirical research, Slee shows that the friendly language of sharing, trust, and community masks a darker reality.