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The Rise of the Sharing Economy
Increased internet access is changing the rules of the service industry- from taxis to hotels to dog sitters. With businesses like Airbnb and Uber emerging across the country and around the globe, the sharing economy is on the rise and probably here to stay. Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Arun Sundararajan to delve into how this borrow and lend system is changing the way we live.
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