Arun Sundararajan's The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism Author: Arun Sundararajan Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Sharing isn't new. Giving someone a ride, having a guest in your spare room, running errands for someone, participating in a supper club—these are not revolutionary concepts. What is new, in the 'sharing economy,' is that you are not helping a friend for free; you are providing these services to a stranger for money. In this book, Arun Sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as 'crowd-based capitalism'—a new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporate-centered model. As peer-to-peer commercial exchange blurs the lines between the personal and the professional, how will the economy, government regulation, what it means to have a job, and our social fabric be affected? Drawing on extensive research and numerous real-world examples, Sundararajan explains the basics of crowd-based capitalism. He describes the intriguing mix of 'gift' and 'market' in its transactions, demystifies emerging blockchain technologies, and clarifies the dizzying array of emerging on-demand platforms. He then considers how this new paradigm changes economic growth and the future of work.