The sharing economy: Boom and backlash

AT LYFT'S base in Clara Street, in San Francisco, all is bustle. New staff are being shown the ropes. At least three dogs are tucked under desks or following their owners around. At 15,000 square feet (1,390 square metres), the place is almost four times as big as the old office, but it is already cramped. Lyft is about to move again, to a space of 60,000 square feet.Lyft is a darling of the "sharing economy", which uses the internet to bring together people with underused assets--anything from ...