The risks of a sharing economy

Many have presented the benefits of a sharing economy for customers. However, the progressive rise of a sharing economy has also some potential downsides, related for instance to the workers who provide the services.

Watch the video below and read The Guardian article ‘What’s Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy – the problem with Airbnb and Uber’ on the downsides of a sharing economy.

YouTube: How the ‘sharing economy’ disrupts civilization – Ed Ericson Jr.

Talking point

• What do you think is the most critical downside of the Sharing Economy?
• What solution might be introduced to deal with it?

Share your point of view with your fellow learners.