Recent wage growth at the bottom of the earnings distribution in the U.S. has reversed a decades-long trend of widening wage inequality. Numerous state and local minimum wage increases have overtaken an effectively non-binding federal minimum, and robust labor demand in the post-pandemic...

This chapter discusses how self-regulation appears in the context of collaborative consumption (CC) communities. Utilising the construct of collaborative engagement platform (CEP), we analyse a self-regulated CC platform and explore what kinds of collaborative practices are being created and...