A sharing economy

Juliet Solomon considers a persuasive argument for a new kind of economic model

by Juliet Solomon 2nd December 2016

It is now generally agreed, with a few exceptions, that the model of the economy to which we have subscribed in the last twenty years, the market capitalist model, can only deliver in fits and starts and that its benefits, which are principally material, are only available to a diminishing proportion of society. Yet, despite this failure, there seems to be huge suspicion of alternative ideas that might appear to be related to socialism or to collectivism. The reaction of some of the Labour Party to the election of Jeremy Corbyn, and the disgraceful innuendo in most of the newspapers, attest to this.