Rachel Botsman
Author and Sharing Economy Expert
Rachel Botsman is a leading authority on the sharing economy and a lecturer at Oxford University. She explores the impact of technology on trust and social behavior.
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Global Business / Economy
Is the Sharing Economy Still Sharing Anything — or Did It Quietly Become Just Another Way to Extract Rent From Assets You Don't Own?Did the sharing economy ever really share anything — or was it always just a new way to extract value from assets you don't own? Rachel Botsman, Saskia Sassen, and David B. Clarke debate whether platforms like Airbnb and Uber can be recalibrated toward community, or whether corporate consolidation has already settled the question.