Liberals and Conservatives Both Love & Loathe the Collaborative Economy
By Jeremiah Owyang, Founder, Crowd Companies and Alan Webber, Government Insights Research Director, IDC, (profile and twitter). Last week, A version of this article appeared in the WSJ. The Collaborative Economy is emerging as the defining societal narrative for 2015 and beyond. In this burgeoning, economic model, individuals use commonly available technologies to obtain resources from their peers, like use of homes, cars, money, and other goods and services. These technology-based companies enable people to bypass inefficient corporations, find favorable alternatives to entrenched, established channels, and confront existing, draconian, government regulations. Above Graphic: Spectrum of Political Perspectives on the Collaborative Economy Above Slideshare: Spectrum of Political Perspectives on the Collaborative Economy, detailed How big is this market? We know that … Continue readingLiberals and Conservatives Both Love & Loathe the Collaborative Economy