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May 2019
32m 7s

The not so caring sharing economy

Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
About this episode
The emergence of the gig economy is one downside of the internet, although you could argue that it gives access to jobs that might otherwise be there. But what about collaboration? Phil Dobbie suggests that sharing things has to be a positive for the planet – why should two farmers have tractors, when they could share just one. What about using an empty room for visitors, rather than it lying unused. That sounds fine, until Steve Keen brings up the Jevons Paradox.

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