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Grey Areas in Peer Rental Insurance Begin to Clarify

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As the peer to peer marketplace surges, insurance companies and legislators are finding ways to keep up. Read more »

What is the Informal Economy & Why Should You Care?

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The upcoming Informal Economy Symposium in Barcelona will explore the fastest growing and least understood part of the global economy. Read more »

New California Law Powers Up Home Food Production

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The new California Homemade Food Act allows home cooks to make and sell certain food products without the need to use commercial kitchen space. Read more »

This Week in Sharing: Code a Better Community

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Minecraft for communities, youth unemployment and inclusion, getting kids to code, and more in this week in sharing. Read more »

Social Media Week Is Coming Up In 14 Global Cities

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Social Media Week kicks off on September 24, with over 600 events in 14 cities around the world—90% of which are free to attend. Here are ten events related to the sharing economy that may be of interest to Shareable readers. Read more »

Can Trust Systems Build a New Economy From Ruin?

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The sharing economy offers a higher quality of life at dramatically lower economic and environmental cost. But in an economy where we share houses, cars, money, and work with strangers, how do we decide who to trust? Read more »

The Sharing Economy Back to School Survival Guide

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How to make college more affordable and fun by sharing. You could save thousands. Read more »

This Week in Sharing: Ashton Kutcher and the IMF

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This week in sharing, we get a radical economic proposal from the IMF, a gallery of Kickstarter failures, a DIY space capsule taking flight, and Ashton Kutcher investing in the sharing economy. Read more »

This Week in Sharing: 3D Printing Upgrades to Prime Rib

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3D printed meat and guns, open source textbooks and transit mapping apps, will the sharing economy scale, and get aboard the book train, in this week in sharing. Read more »

Using Tribes to Enable Sharing Within Offline Networks

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There are a huge number of neighborhood stuff sharing sites out there, but none of them has managed to gain significant traction. I believe the answer is to empower the offline networks we already have. We need to give people tools to share within these networks, and the community organizers the tools to facilitate this sharing. Read more »
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