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From: Rasigan Maharajh <rasigan@ieri.org.za>
Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Fwd: "Required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice"
To: Michel Bauwens <michel@p2pfoundation.net>



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From: OR Books <info@orbooks.com>
Date: 13 July 2017 at 23:30
Subject: "Required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice"
To: rasigan@ieri.org.za


The so-called “sharing economy” is capitalism as usual.

The news is full of their names, supposedly the vanguard of a rethinking of capitalism: Lyft, Airbnb, Uber, and others who claim a mandate of disruption and upending the “old order.”

But, as 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.

In other words, capitalism as usual.




What’s Yours Is Mine

Against the Sharing Economy
Tom Slee



UPDATED AND REVISED THROUGHOUT
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR


“In a field crowded with tech-utopian blowhards and app-happy snake oil salesmen, Tom Slee stands apart. His laser-sharp insights about the real impact of popular start-ups on our livelihoods and communities are the perfect antidote to sharing economy hype. What’s Yours Is Mine is required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice.”
—Astra Taylor, author of The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age



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Rasigan Maharajh, PhD.
Professor Extraordinary: Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, Stellenbosch University, RSA.
Node Head: Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, RSA.
Chief Director: Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, RSA.
Associate Research Fellow: Tellus Institute, Boston, USA; and
Chairperson: Southern Africa Node of the Millennium Project,  RSA.

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