By Cat Johnson for Shareable - As “death star platforms” such as Airbnb and Uber continue their pursuit of global domination, an alternative is rising in its
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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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I learnt of an interesting coop recently: the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, responsible for clearing and settling most US securities (i.e shares & derivatives). At the heart of global neoliberalism is this user-owned coop, holding some $40 trillion in securities and running a service the entire economy depends on. I’d already been surprised enough to learn that Slaughter & May, the leading corporate law firm repping half of the FTSE100, was a mutual partnership with no hierarchy or even boss, amongst hundreds of profit-sharing partners. 
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A new car-sharing service shows that the profits of the sharing economy don't have to go to Silicon Valley
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A logical starting point would be simply to recreate Uber/Lyft/etc, with their global network of offices, drivers, marketing and technical infrastructure, as a driver-owned coop, operating either non-profit or with its profits distributed amongst drivers. It would need to be a large, well financed (Uber has raised $7bn over 12 rounds https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/uber), dynamic organisation with a legal and customer service team in every country it operated in.
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NB: This is a draft, intended for feedback.. the final version will have graphics and more tech details.. any feedback please share with…
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There's a better way for taxi drivers to gain autonomy than leaving traditional taxi companies for Silicon Valley upstarts: work for yourself.
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