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The Uber Revolution: How The Shared Economy Will Shape The Nation

Michael C. Munger speaking
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In 2010 the first Uber passengerwas picked up in San Francisco. The business model quickly took off, and one year later was available in New York and Chicago and then went international.

Around that same time, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia received $112 million to fund an idea called Airbnb. By 2012, Uber was faced with its first competitor: Lyft. These forms of shared economy have exploded in popularity in the past decade. They tend to be more efficient, and in many cases cheaper, but what is the long term impact on consumers, the workforce and the overall US economy?
 

Michael C. Munger is a professor of political science at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He directs the philosophy politics and economics program. He joins host Frank Stasio to talk about his new book: “Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Shared Economy”(Cambridge University Press/2018) which describes a movement that Munger says will rival the Industrial Revolution. In the short term, he sees an acceleration in job loss with jobs being replaced by temporary gigs and a struggle to earn a living wage. In the long term, Munger believes this system of shared economy will foster a spirit of sharing, reduce the need for individual ownership of goods and therefore reduce the overall carbon footprint.

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Dana is an award-winning producer who began as a personality at Rock 92. Once she started creating content for morning shows, she developed a love for producing. Dana has written and produced for local and syndicated commercial radio for over a decade. WUNC is her debut into public radio and she’s excited to tell deeper, richer stories.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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