Sharing economy

Steven Hill: "While the digital economy and the innovations related to it certainly have potential, they can realize their potential only if they are properly regulated." If they are not properly regulated, so Hill, the new business models will bring further hardships for the struggling middle class and have negative overall economic impacts.

Sharing has never been easier. Digitization has brought it back in a big way. Here, we look outside of the mainstream, which is populated by the likes of Uber and airbnb, to present a few unusual – and highly creative – sharing projects.

Driving a different car every day, having dinner with a convivial group or spending the night in someone's private home, instead of in a hotel – sharing services open up a world of new experiences and of opportunities to meet new people. The global network, and modern mobile Internet access, have made it easy to interact with private providers of goods and services around the world.