Why manufacturing is already a sharing economy

It’s all about sharing lately—specifically, the sharing economy. Find a place to crash with Airbnb. Hail an Uber ride from your phone. Walk down a city block, pick up a Zipcar for an errand, and park it in an entirely different spot for someone else to use.
But the sharing economy is a bit of a misnomer—there really isn’t much sharing at all. It’s actually an access economy. For consumers, this is a new concept, in which products, property, and even everyday activit