Jessica Conrad

This is where the sharing economy becomes valuable. It starts to make tangible—even desirable—the notion that shared ownership can be a good thing.

David Bollier, an award-winning policy strategist and international activist, is out with a new book that explains the rich history and promising future of the commons…

The sharing phenomenon is turning the traditional business model on its head across sectors from transportation to hotels and tourism, and everything in between.

In the face of “federal gridlock, economic stagnation and fiscal turmoil,” cities and metropolitan areas across the country are tackling the pressing problems that Washington won’t, says Jennifer Bradley, a fellow at the Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program.

Brewster Kahle, founder of Alexa and the Internet Archive, just launched a radical new housing experiment that could substantially decrease housing costs for nonprofit workers in the San Francisco Bay Area and, hopefully, beyond.

What happens when you apply the tools of the sharing economy to the mission of an enterprising arts organization?