After peer to peer lending this Economist leader points out the next big thing could be sharing.
You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshare or participating in a car pool. But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale. The big change is the availability of more data about people and things, which allows physical assets to be disaggregated and consumed as services.
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Share nicely now
Now isn’t that just what I was saying.. for quite some time..