Joining us today and conversation. Julia is a professor of solely on sociology at Boston College also a member of the Macarthur Foundation has written and edited on the economy sustainability including sustainable less lawn i scale and a fellow former guggenheim fellow in multiple awards for her work and research drain today who was a professor of law at the university of california hastings that her work has been cited by the California Supreme Court and published in the l. A. Times and guardian and slate currently working on a book go today they are discussing based on nearly a decade of Meticulous Research this new book discusses the sharing economy of what it is and what it could have been and what it could still be. From Bill Mckibben himself julia sure and the team are done something extraordinary during research leaving them to understand what the sharing economy feels like and the storytelling ability but the rest of us make complete sense of the data and in addition to have a
For those two companies, it was a tale of two different big tech quarters alphabet has certainly been the laggard this year. Underperforming not just its big tech peers, but the nasdaq amazon has been a standout, 70 gains. Alphabet had a low bar and amazon had a high one. Did they deliver we can look at a number of metrics, what i want to drill down on particularly is cloud. These are the companys newer growth engines cloud numbers came in only in line with expectations revenue up 29 year over year. Love large numbers but google cloud, revenue was up 45 and now the company is going to break it out as its own segment. Have a listen to what was said last night. Given the progress we are making and the opportunity for the cloud in this growing global market, we continue to invest aggressively in our gotomarket capabilities and extending the global footprint you will see information about the scale of our investments so investors are going to be able to see exactly how much google is inves
She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for lassitude. Shes a former fellow and has won multipleawards for her work and research. She is joined today by dana depaul who is a professor of law at the university of californiahastings. Her work is subsidized by the California Supreme Court and her writing has been published in slate. Shes currently working on a book. Today they are discussing after the gig, this book discusses what the economy could havebeen and what it could still be. Ill leave you with this quote from Bill Mckibben who said juliet schor and her teamhave done something extraordinary. Their intensive research as let them understand what the sharing economy feels like and their storytelling ability lets the rest of us make complete sense of the data. In addition they provide a workable plan for how to fulfill the promise in gig work as part of a useful, fair economy. This book will redefine the f
Hello everyone, welcome and thank you for sitting in my name is Audrey Stewart and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore im so please welcome you to todays writing forum with juliet schor discussing her book after the gig. She joined today in conversation by veena do fall. Shes a professor at sociology at Boston College and also a member of the Macarthur Foundation research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for pleasant. Shes a former guggenheim fellow and has won multiple awardsfor her work and research. She has joined today by veena dupal, her work has been cited by the California Court and her writing has been published in the la times and slate. She is currently workingon a book. Today they are discussing after the gig, based on a decade of Meticulous Research , this new book discusses the sharing economy, what it is, what it could have been and what it could still be. Ill leave you with this quo
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