How can we ensure technology brings prosperity to us all?
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Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
Geocaching players move treasures all over the world, creating value for themselves and other players.
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The online game of geocaching shows there are ways to create value online that are not purely financial.
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It is important to take serious the increasing risk of those who work but remain in poverty. When the population feels that it is losing even if it respects the rules of the game, populism increases.
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Cab drivers have long discriminated against African-Americans and other minority groups. New research suggests ride-hailing apps haven’t solved the problem.
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Research into platforms like Uber and ride-sharing platform BlaBlaCar show high levels of trust thanks to clever design.
Blockchain looms as the second generation of the internet by transforming it from an internet of information to an internet of value.
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If you think the internet has changed your life, brace yourself for the next digital innovation that’s set to transform our world.
The Collective Old Oak co-living block in London has more than 500 apartments with bedrooms and bathrooms. All other spaces are shared.
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While some forms of co-living seek to match modern lifestyles and a desire to downsize, other profit-driven models simply exploit a lack of affordable housing alternatives.
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Airbnb may have faced eviction in New York, but it has a great relationship with the authorities in most other cities around the world.
Workers aren’t the only people worried about Uber’s business practices.
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The gig economy is driving a resurgence in co-operatives.
Melbourne is being transformed by high-rise apartments, with some even being purpose-built for the Airbnb market.
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If the sharing economy is here to stay, planners and designers must respond with imagination to spread the positive effects of the tourism economy for the benefit of residents as well as tourists.
Blue skies ahead for Uber’s new enterprise?
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Uber’s introduction of driverless cars is a big change for the company but the changes it has brought to the world of work are here to stay.
Many of the Orang Ulu people of Sarawak make money from handicrafts or food they have grown on their padi farms.
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Many developing economies have already embraced the sharing economy, now they have a platform to get more out of it.
Uber drives some people crazy.
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The deal, in which drivers won’t pursue their claim to be employees in exchange for the cash and other changes, raises more questions than it answers.
Available online: Georgetown’s high-throughput equipment for biomarker staining.
Science and technology research has become so complicated and expensive that a gap has grown between the experiments scientists would like to do and what they have the means to do.
The idea of a sharing platform that renders the financial warehouse obsolete is fanciful.
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Financial services are being digitally disrupted, but the idea of a financial “sharing” economy replacing traditional banking ignores reality.
Detractors of Airbnb hold protest signs in a rally in New York.
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Moves to legalise Uber and Airbnb are paving the way for better protection of all parties involved.
The road ahead could be gloomy for some in the sharing economy.
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There are few markets that have easier entry and exit than those in the sharing economy.
Sometimes a ‘friend’ is not what you think.
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The sharing economy is upon us, but the internet could bring back old-fashioned community building too.
The future of work is an issue on many people’s minds.
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Talk about the future of work is in the air these days, but will all the chatter lead to action and better living standards for tomorrow’s workers?
Court ruling says Uber’s legal, but this could be just the first of many rulings.
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Time to stop trying to make disruptive technology businesses like Uber tow the line, and instead create the right conditions for all businesses to embrace innovation.