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Video: #NewWorldNextWeek – Government Worried About Sharing Economy
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company's first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren't sharing their offshore holdings.
Audio: #NewWorldNextWeek – Cops Lie Legally, Sharing Uber Data, Offshore Economy
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company's first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren't sharing their offshore holdings.
Processing Distortion with Peter B. Collins: How the “Sharing Economy” Screws Workers
Peter B. Collins Presents Author Steven Hill
Do Airbnb And Uber Herald The End Times?
When we've been warning readers in San Francisco about Airbnb there were numerous reasons. This week former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, took on the whole idea of the sharing economy-- aka-- the "gig economy" or the "on-demand economy"-- and the inherent dangers at least in the transition. Obviously, it's not just Airbnb. Another example everyone is aware of is Uber (as well as Lyft).
Vacation Rental Sites Could Go Belly-Up If Forced To Pay Like The Rest Of Us
by Denise SullivanIt hasn't been a great month in public relations for the so-called "sharing economy," at least here at the industry's ground zero, not-so-affectionately known as San Francisco 2.0. Here, even regular citizens-- and not even particularly politicized ones-- are starting to get hip to what unfettered capitalism and unregulated business looks like in their town now that the umpteenth Uber driver was accused of
