Graduation Year
2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Department
Anthropology
Reader 1
Seo Young Park
Reader 2
Claudia Strauss
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© 2014 Ellyn E. Erving
Abstract
This thesis explores how the sharing economy in America combines Collaborative Consumption ideas and social values with capitalist business models to make a profit. I discuss definitions of terms associated with the sharing economy, economic anthropological theories and case studies, as well as company and consumer motivations in sharing economy companies.
Recommended Citation
Erving, Ellyn E., "The Sharing Economy: Exploring the Intersection of Collaborative Consumption and Capitalism" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 409.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/409
