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May 20, 2013
by Anna Springer, Shareable
As Detroit recovers from staggering unemployment due to the mass exodus of the auto industry, small business creation is now being touted by many locals as a better solution for resiliency, higher wages and employment stability than big business recruitment. But starting a new business from a …
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May 8, 2013
by Melissa Welter, Post Growth
It started disastrously. Three bare months before my partner and I moved, at the start of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, I was diagnosed with celiac disease. There was no cure, only a strict diet to be followed. No more gluten, which meant wheat, rye, or barley. Those …
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Mar 27, 2013
by Mira Luna, Shareable
I was on assignment for Shareable in Ann Arbor, Detroit and Chicago to help students organize sharing economy projects. I had a hunch that you can find sharing anywhere. Maybe it looks different in the Midwest than the Bay Area where I'm from, which is a kind of charismatic poster child of …
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Feb 19, 2013
by Shane Hughes, Reconomy project
My work at the REconomy Project has inspired me to believe that a credible alternative to our current system is now emerging at an incredible rate.
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Jan 18, 2013
by Simone Cicero, Shareable
In recent months, I have worked a lot with currencies, as I’m involved with Dropis, a team of developers, researchers, and designers dedicated to creating a currency for the sharing economy. So, when I came across “Love is our Currency,” a TEDx talk by Manjil Rana, cofounder …
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Jan 10, 2013
by Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
Share or Die is a collection of short writings by those on the front lines of Generation Y.
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Nov 23, 2012
by Lindsay Curren, Lindsay's List
This morning I’m participating in my first hOUR Economy time bank exchange. I’m giddy with excitement about it, feeling like I’ve taken another giant leap away from the industrial economy.
