The currency of the new economy is trust

Name: The currency of the new economy is trust
Uploaded: 2012-09-22T15:38:57Z
Duration: 19 min 29 s
Description: There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."

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Rachel Botsman |

TEDGlobal 2012

• June 2012

There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."

business
collaboration
community
Internet
trust