shared economy
Access over ownership
A shared economy is an economic system where individuals share access to goods, services, or resources rather than owning them outright.
The term typically describes peer-to-peer platforms that connect people who have something—a spare room, a car, a power drill—with people who need it temporarily: Airbnb and Uber are pillars of the shared economy.
Also called the sharing economy.
- side hustleSecondary income venture
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- vacation rentalsLodgings leased short-term to travelers
- spare roomExtra bedroom for visitors
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
coworking spaces · barter systems · peer-to-peer networks · crowdsourcing · community building · mobile apps · Uber · reciprocity · equipment rental · tool library · ethical consumerism · Airbnb · solidarity · digital marketplaces · swap · peer-to-peer · mutualism · app
- shared thingsshared space, shared ride, shared kitchen, shared bathroom, shared office
- collectivismcollectivism, commune, collective, hivemind, herd mentality
- cooperativesco-op, credit union, worker co-op, housing co-op, co-ops
- shared ownershipco-ownership, shared ownership, community ownership, joint ownership, collective ownership
shared economytraditional ownership
Historically recognized property rights
private ownership · individual ownership · sole ownership · sole proprietorship · personal property
shared economyconsumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
materialism · throwaway culture · hyperconsumption · conspicuous consumption · consumer culture