Building A Sharing Economy With A Social PurposeThe commercial sector has been highly successful in exploiting the power of digital technologies to enable people to participate in the ‘sharing’ economy. We’ve seen massive investment in new marketplaces to share homes and cars, enabling people to make and save money.Meanwhile, where there has been debate about the social - rather than economic - value of the sharing economy, it has largely focused on how these commercial platforms impact on issues such as workers’ rights, affordable housing or tax collection. Indeed, this week the independent review of modern working practicesby Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, was finally published.
The commercial sector has been highly successful in exploiting the power of digital technologies to enable people to participate in the ‘sharing’ economy. We’ve seen massive investment in new marketplaces to share homes and cars, enabling people to make and save money.Meanwhile, where there has been debate about the social - rather than economic - value of the sharing economy, it has largely focused on how these commercial platforms impact on issues such as workers’ rights, affordable housing or tax collection. Indeed, this week the independent review of modern working practicesby Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, was finally published.
