“A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE:” Q&A with Senator Mark Warner about the sharing/gig economy, which he (correctly) believes challenges the employment model built into most public policies. Is it good for policy makers to start thinking about this? I’m ambivalent. But at least Warner isn’t taking the French view.

What is your concern about the sharing economy?

Warner: This is a fundamental change, and yet what I find is that policy makers may not have even heard about the “Gig economy” or sharing-economy. We have 25 people running for president, and no one is talking about the fastest-growing area of work in our country. What I don’t want to do is impose a Washington top-down solution, yet I don’t think this should be left to a patchwork of court decisions either.

Full interview here.