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"This paper uses Transformative Social Innovation theory to develop a comparative analysis of Shareable's Sharing Cities Network and Airbnb's Home Sharing Clubs. It argues that narrative framing of the sharing economy for community empowerment and grassroots mobilisation have been used by Shareable to drive a "sharing transformation" and by Aitbnb through "regulatory hacking" to influence urban policy".

"These examples demonstrate why urban commons are so important for a sharing city. When there are more urban commons, more residents can directly experience the effectiveness and empowerment of sharing practices. They cultivate the skills needed to create a sharing city by commoning over smaller urban resources, like parks, and becoming more familiar with working together and sharpening their capacities to govern the whole city as a commons."

"Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons, a fantastic new book that describes more than 100 case studies and model policies for urban commoning. Researched and published by Shareable, the book is an impressive survey of citizen-led innovations now underway in more than 80 cities in 35 countries."

"In May 2016, the Mayor of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city, announced that TNCs - commercial entities who match drivers with passengers via an app or web platform - could operate in the city in exchange for prepaid fees that will average of 0.10 reals ($0.03) per vehicle/kilometer traveled (the regulation exempts free ride-sharing services). This approach means TNCs would contribute revenue on a pay-as-you-drive basis to help the city maintain the road network and other public infrastructure."

"Philanthropists today should follow the instructive example of Edward Filene. Filene played a leading role in developing an institution that allowed ordinary people to build their own wealth - credit unions, a high-impact model that could be and has been replicated. Philanthropists should use their resources to help do the same across a whole range of new institutions including sharing cities, platform cooperatives, and much more. This will help ordinary people build and access wealth, reduce resource consumption, and reweave the social fabric"

Interview de Tom Slee, auteur de "What's yours is mine : against the sharing economy". "As the money in the Sharing Economy has grown, so has the driving ideology behind it, and now it's become basically a deregulation movement, with companies like Uber and Airbnb building business models that demand deregulation of their industries in cities around the world."

Des membres de l'association Kollaborativ Ekonomi Göteborg évoquent plusieurs initiatives remarquables en termes d'économie collaborative dans cette ville suédoise. Ils en ont d'ailleurs réalisé un mapping.

Dans ce document de travail, Solomon Greene et John McGinty évoquent les effets positifs qu'aurait une économie de partage locale véritablement inclusive, y compris en matière de travail, si tant est que de meilleures conditions de travail et des protections soient mises en place.