Handbook of the Sharing Economy
Edited by Russell W. Belk, Giana M. Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi
Abstract
“Sharing” is a misnomer when referring to activities frequently encountered in the collaborative economy. Where physical work is performed, platforms are accused of exploitation of vulnerable groups disadvantaged by recession and austerity; to whom, however, they also offer a lifeline. The rhetoric of “Social Europe” has too often been displaced by economic imperatives of growth and competitiveness. An opportunity may now be emerging for a more caring form of collaborative exchange in the field of labor responding to the “soft power” of the European Commission and to the self-interest of the platforms themselves.
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