01416nas a2200157   4500008004100000245005400041210005400095260000900149300001200158490000700170520098200177653001701159100001701176700002101193856004401214       2017                        eng d00aRedefining and Regulating the New Sharing Economy0 aRedefining and Regulating the New Sharing Economy  c2017  a553-7510 v193 aWhile proponents of regulating the sharing economy suggest a need to protect public health, workers, and incumbent businesses, to ensure localities are made whole for the use of public services, opponents of regulation argue that government intervention will stifle innovation and undermine economic and community benefits. The problem with both sides of this argument is that advocates and detractors alike often fail to address the wide differences among the practices and business entities that currently fall under the same umbrella. To address this inappropriate conflation and the resulting confusion among consumers and regulators alike, the goal of this article is to define the sharing economy as it now stands and to create a taxonomy that distinguishes and differentiates the various types of business entities that have been lumped into it. This article then proposes regulatory responses to the differing categories in the taxonomy based on the risks they present.10aBusiness Law1 aScott, Inara1 aBrown, Elizabeth  uhttps://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jbl/