More people are choosing to work in shared spaces, and there are many benefits of this to the local economy, as well as downsides. Local governments should work with both.
As consumers shift to online shopping and new businesses increasingly focus investments on digital products and services, governments around the world need to update old tax rules to avoid losing tax revenue.
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As Canada’s federal government sends mixed signals on digital taxation, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a historic precedent and paves the way for other countries to tackle the digital economy.
It’s not easy to tell, but about a quarter of Airbnb properties in Sydney are essentially commercial letting operations.
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One problem with Airbnb is that it isn’t transparent about how many properties are truly ‘shared’ and how many are just part of a letting business. Regulators need to know that to manage the impacts.
People are alarmed about Airbnb’s impacts, but these are far from uniform across the city.
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The patterns of Airbnb listings in Australia’s biggest cities suggest impacts on rental housing are likely to be biggest in high-end areas that appeal to tourists. Low-income areas are less affected.
A woman rallies for Doug Jones on Dec. 12. Jones defeated Republican.
Roy Moore who was accused of sexual misconduct.
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The word disruption describes an upheaval of institutionalized ways of doing things. Disruptors draw few distinctions between the valuable and less-valuable features of institutions.
“Looking for one girl to share a master room with another 3 girls.”
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City living costs are driving people to organise themselves to share a room with strangers. These precarious living arrangements hardly qualify as a home.
The impact of Airbnb varies from city to city and suburb to suburb.
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About 10% of empty dwellings on census night – 1.2% of all housing – were available for rental and vacancy rates have changed little in 35 years. Could governments be overreacting?
Dallas Rogers speaks with Nicole Gurran about the rise of AirBnb and what the limited data publicly available can tell us about how it's blurring the line between residential property and tourism.
Geocaching players move treasures all over the world, creating value for themselves and other players.
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Müge Ozman, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School dan Cédric Gossart, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Digital social innovations are often associated with positive meanings, like openness and collaboration. But to better define the concept, it’s essential to disentangle it from its positive aura.
How truly innovative are companies like Uber and Airbnb, super-monopolies that capture entire markets by locking vendors and customers into their platforms?
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The digital pin-ups’ business models actually inhibit serendipity and, indeed, innovation by absorbing entire markets into the sealed-off space of their platforms.
Will these changes really raise wages?
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Without proper planning, legalising Airbnb may make housing even more unavailable and unaffordable in high-demand suburbs.
Federal and state agencies are using powerful automated data-matching programs to identify properties that are generating income and might be liable for tax.
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State revenue offices are using data matching to identify people who earn income from Airbnb, then sending notices that they may be liable for land tax, even though this remains a legal grey area.