Whats Yours is Mine, Tom Slee
Whats Yours is Mine, Tom Slee
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What's Yours is Mine
Against the Sharing Economy, 2nd Edition

Author: Tom Slee

Narrator: Nathalie Toriel

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 04/09/2019


Synopsis

The news is full of their names, supposedly the vanguard of a rethinking of capitalism. Lyft, Airbnb, Taskrabbit, Uber, and many more companies have a mandate of disruption and upending the “old order”—and they’ve succeeded in effecting the “biggest change in the American workforce in over a century,” according to former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. But this new wave of technology companies is funded and steered by very old-school venture capitalists. In What’s Yours Is Mine, internationally-acclaimed technologist Tom Slee argues the socalled 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 fortunes by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk. This revised and updated edition of Slee’s original “smart and searing critique” includes a new foreword by the author.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on May 23, 2018

I've travelled around the US staying in people's spare Airbnb rooms, I've booked awesome Airbnb places across Australia, and I'll soon be staying in Airbnb apartments across Europe. I've used Uber often, and found it far superior to the often rude and grumpy taxi services available in Melbourne. In s......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice on May 20, 2020

I started this book wondering why one would even try to complain about companies like Uber and Airbnb, if all they do is connecting people to create a more sustainable and intelligent use of resources. I finished this book realizing that all this time I've been believing propaganda, and that the econ......more

Goodreads review by Dora on February 12, 2018

I am not an Economist but I am involved in economy more often as a consumer and sometimes a producer. I am in awe of how the author breaks down "sharing economy" and how he uses examples of innovations that are well known like Uber and AirBnB. It is true that the sharing economy does appeal to ideals......more

Goodreads review by Joffre on January 18, 2017

Interesante crítica a las grandes empresas de la Economía colaborativa, a su falta de responsabilidad y a las presiones desreguladoras que están ejerciendo en todo el mundo. Un libro desmitificador de las supuestas bondades de Uber, Airbnb y otros.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on May 03, 2018

The author makes a very good argument against the sharing economy and it certainly made me think again about my views of AirBnB and Uber and they way they can bypass legislation that is usually there to protect us. It's a shame that great sounding 'sharing' businesses become targets for investors wh......more