A new wave of economic innovation in Seoul
Mayor Park is leading a wave of social innovation in Seoul and opening a new chapter in the city’s history.
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The Sharing Economy and Disaster Capitalism
Don’t you love it when the same publication carries conflicting reports about the economy, posted on the very same day?
Open Knowledge Society
Can our societies distribute knowledge to enable healthy forms of production and consumption as a template for a decentralized and equitable post-growth economy? On Extraenvironmentalist #78 we discuss the FLOK Society Project with Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation & John Restakis, author of Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital.
How to Increase Public Land Sharing in Austin, Texas
As one of the scarcest resources in urban areas, land holds some of the greatest potential for sharing.
The Politics of the Sharing Economy
The “sharing economy” is just as exhilarating and vexing as the Web 2.0 meme was nine years ago.
The Rochester ShareFest: Swaps, Workshops, Hugs and a Little Rain
A three-day showcase of Rochester, New York’s sharing economy, the Rochester ShareFest that took place May 2-4, included swaps, repair cafes, upcycled art, music lessons, seed sharing, food, bike repair and even a thunderstorm which cut the activities a bit short.
Fixing the Law’s Bias Against Sharing
In the quest to imagine and build a new “sharing economy,” one factor that is often overlooked is law.
Why you don’t have to own everything
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.
Reflections from the SHARE Conference
SHARE, which took place in San Francisco was dedicated to exploring the sharing economy, and highlighted both the innovation and challenges within this field.
Putting the ‘sharing’ back in to the sharing economy
In recent years, a new kind of economy based on the age-old practice of sharing is flourishing across North America and Europe, and is now rapidly spreading in popularity throughout the Middle East and other world regions.
The Age of Communities
OuiShare Fest 2014 brought together 1,000 sharers from 31 countries under the big tent of the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.
Job Creation and the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy offers enormous potential to create jobs. Sharing leverages a wide variety of resources and lowers barriers to starting small businesses.