ONE should not foreclose on the growth of the “sharing economy” because new technology to support peer-to-peer economic interaction might yield valuable uses and opportunities.
But in some areas, like lodging and transport, where large operators (backed by venture capitalists) dominate, notably Airbnb and Uber, it’s better to call it a “digital matching economy”.
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