Taxi drivers in Jakarta staged a strike over operations of app-based transportation service Uber.
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The Indonesian government recently announced it would start to regulate app-based ride-sharing services such as Uber, Grab Taxi and Gojek.
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.
Angry rhetoric won’t get us anywhere.
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Presidential candidates are using voter anger to fuel more divisions and discord rather than to start a conversation about the collapse of collective bargaining.
Algorithms have the potential to change every business.
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The disruption happening thanks to algorithms is happening all around us.
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.
A third generation of Online Marketplaces that combine workflow and networks are changing the underlying economics of many industries.
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As online marketplaces mature, a raft of new service-based companies are popping up around them.
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.
Uber drivers gather outside Uber San Diego to protest against a 30% driver fee cut.
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Unions are in a self-described crisis. The well-known tale of union decline in Australia continues with the latest figures revealing less than 15% of workers are members of unions, with that dropping to…
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Economists love Uber’s surge pricing. But it is doomed, because customers hate it. Why? Surge pricing occurs when the supply and demand for Uber vehicles becomes unbalanced, for example, due to inclement…
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan and Treasurer Scott Morrison have their sights set on multinational tax avoidance.
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The tax law established pre-internet is failing to keep up with the digital economy.
Bicycles fueling change in Kenya.
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An advocate for the power of innovation to improve the world offers some cautions.
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.
Airbnb supporters rally in New York.
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Labor’s sharing economy guidelines should help make for a more nuanced debate about the collaborative economy.
Taxis block the streets of the Melbourne CBD during a rally against ride-sharing service UberX.
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Whatever happens to Uber’s legal status in Australia, it’s likely consumers will be the eventual winners.
WikiHouse is one example of the technology-driven new economy, which focuses on people rather than profits.
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Two visions of the ‘new economy’, one based on environmental and social justice values, the other on disruptive technologies, are coming together to challenge the status quo.
Bastiat would understand would Uber is going through in Paris.
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The economist Frédéric Bastiat didn’t experience the “sharing economy,” but he knew the ludicrousness of wailing against a “foreign technology.”
Is this the future of labor?
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The most radical reinvention of work since the rise of industrialization is upon us, as more of us drift toward app-enabled self-employment.
A geomobile revolution is coming.
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There’s a global race on to harness mapping technology, delivering companies the data they need to gain a competitive advantage.
Taking ownership: taxi drivers protest the growth of Uber.
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Democratising the sharing economy might reduce profits but it would probably benefit people and the environment more.