What's Yours is Mine
Against the Sharing Economy, Second Edition
by Tom Slee
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Pub Date Jan 30 2018 | Archive Date Jan 30 2018
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Description
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 so-called 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.
Advance Praise
“Building upon his previous empirical critiques, Tom Slee explains how ‘sharing
economy’ companies have used feel-good rhetoric to mask illiberal and
irresponsible business models.”
—Chris Jay Hoofnagle, faculty director, Berkeley
Center for Law & Technology
“The Sharing Economy frames its critics as
Luddites, bureaucrats, and rent-seekers, but Tom Slee is none of these. A
thoughtful technologist, Slee paints a well-researched picture of companies that
have built up massive market valuations by externalizing their costs and
sidestepping regulations designed to protect consumers. This book is clear-eyed
and important.”
—Sue Gardner, former executive director of the Wikimedia
Foundation
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781771133401 |
| PRICE | CA$18.00 (CAD) |
