Some call it the gig economy. Others call it the peer economy. Others, the collaborative economy, or "collaborative consumption." Still others, the sharing

Airbnb may have won the latest round in its legal battle this week, but it’s clear the backlash against the sharing economy is just beginning. It’s not surprising. Google the term and you’ll find headlines mentioning the sharing economy in nearly every major publication and news site — just in [...]

A look at how the sharing economy positively and negatively affects our world.

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Sharing economy isometric 2×2 design concept with compositions of people sharing food books and household appliances vector illustration

Infographic: The Sharing Economy While the sharing economy has been widely used in the past two years, it’s an economic term that has existed since 2010. Many scholars and thinkers have tried to define it in different ways, from a socio-economic ecosystem to collaborative consumption, we found the most recurring ones to be: the recirculation of goods (e.g. eBay or Craigslist), the exchange of services (think TaskRabbit, the sharing of productive assets), and finally the utilization of…

Image via Grist. Yesterday Matthew Yglesias of Slate posted, “There Is No ‘Sharing Economy.’” Well, he’s a little late to the party beating that dead horse. His story’s punch line, an old one, is basically that the sharing economy isn’t sharing, it’s renting (a la Airbnb, Zipcar, etc.), so the term “sharing economy” should die.

Moms, save time and money, ease your ecological footprint, and perhaps even restore a bit of your sanity, too with these 3 sharing economy ideas.

Envisioning Sustainability: The Circular Economy in Action Circular Economy It is a forward-thinking economic model that attempts to eliminate waste while simultaneously extracting the maximum amount of value from the resources that are available. This model is known as the circular economy. Rather than the traditional linear economy of "take, make, dispose," it tries to redefine growth by focusing on positive advantages that are shared by all members of society. This is in contrast to the…