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sharing economy en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (qualifier:public policy) A system of economic exchange in which participants interact in a direct and cooperative manner, often with the aid of social media, to produce, market, and consume goods, services, and resources.
   • The sharing economy reveals a return to behaviors such as bartering and to legal forms like co-operatives. 2011, Lucy Bernholz, Philanthropy and Social Investing Blueprint 2012, →ISBN, pages 33–34:
   • Tight economic times and a growing openness to strangers thanks to the Internet have given rise to the "sharing economy." People are logging on to sites and apps to rent out their cars, houses and even their clothes directly to one another. 2013 September 16, Eliana Dockterman, “The Rise of 'Sharecations'”, in Time, retrieved 17 Jun 2014:
   • In the sharing economy, safety issues, taxes and regulation have tended to be an afterthought. 2014 April 21, David Streitfeld, “Companies Built on Sharing Balk When It Comes to Regulators”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Jun 2014:

Forms

Relateds

crowdfunding · platform capitalism · peer-to-peer lending · gift economy · barter

Synonyms

collaborative economy · share economy · peer-to-peer economy

Translations (9)

es economía compartida (system of economic exchange) · nl deeleconomie (system of economic exchange) · pl ekonomia współdzielenia (system of economic exchange) · cmn 分享經濟 /分享经济 (system of economic exchange) · fi jakamistalous (system of economic exchange) · cmn 分享型經濟 /分享型经济 (system of economic exchange) · pt economia do compartilhamento (system of economic exchange) · cmn 共享經濟 /共享经济 (system of economic exchange) · es economía colaborativa (system of economic exchange)