Sharing Poverty

Hosted by Barbara Bogaev Jun. 05, 2014

The sharing economy keeps growing: AirBnB, Lyft… But is it just a way to hide the fact that our jobs just aren’t covering our basic needs? One writer makes the case against the sharing economy by calling it disaster capitalism.

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The Case Against Sharing

Credits

Guest:

Susie Cagle - journalist and illustrator - @susie_c

Host:

Barbara Bogaev

Producers:

Andrew Walsh, Christian Bordal, Matt Holzman, Jolie Myers, Anna Scott

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