The Sharing Economy

The Sharing Economy

By Dean Whittaker During a recent trip to Denver, I had the opportunity to explore two services of the sharing economy: Airbnb and Uber. I used Airbnb, a website for people to list, find, and rent lodging, to rent an apartment for two days in downtown Denver two...
Why Economic Development Matters

Why Economic Development Matters

By Jami Gibson I recently watched the documentary Rich Hill, a 2014 Sundance Film Festival award-winning film that depicts the lives of three teenage boys and their families living in rural Missouri. The town, Rich Hill, was once a thriving coal-mining town in the...

Update: On the Road to Recovery in Nepal

By Dean Whittaker The five-day news cycle of media has passed for the earthquake in Nepal, and our attention has moved on to other issues.  However, the recovery from the April 25th earthquake continues and will do so for decades.  Over 400,000 homes were destroyed...

“Wake up!!” – says Quake

By Sharad KC It was just another lazy Saturday afternoon when all of a sudden there was a wake up call. A call we Nepalese have been dreading for quite some time, although, we were never prepared for it. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at the heart of the country,...

The Future of Work, Jobs, & Abundance

By Dean Whittaker Most of you spend your time thinking about the here and now. I, on the other hand, spend much of my time thinking about the future. Of late, two books that have influenced my thinking are ABUNDANCE and THE SECOND MACHINE AGE. They both consider the...