The sharing economy is thriving in Berlin’s “borrowing shops”

Grist
By hrichmondMar 19, 2014, 12:46 pm39 pts
Nikolai Wolfert wasn’t the only one who was bummed after the Berlin Green Party’s loss in 2011, but he channeled his disappointment in a pretty unique way: opening a lending library for everything. The 31-year-old launched his donation-supported shop, Leila, in June 2012 as a way of making local political…

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