# Regulation and the peer economy: a 2.0 framework

By [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://nickgrossman.xyz) · 2014-12-17

max-pomeranc, policy, regulation-2-0

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As part of my [series on Regulation 2.0](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz2014/12/15/technological-revolutions-and-the-search-for-trust/), which I'm putting together for the [Project on Municipal Innovation](http://www.ash.harvard.edu/ash/Home/Programs/Innovations-in-Government/Municipal) at the Harvard Kennedy School, today I am going to employ a bit of a cop-out tactic and rather than publish my next section (which I haven't finished yet, largely because my whole family has the flu right now), I will publish a report written earlier this year by my friend [Max Pomeranc](https://twitter.com/maxpomeranc). Max is a former congressional chief of staff, who did his masters at the Kennedy School last year.  For his "[policy analysis exercise](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/mpp/curriculum/pae)" (essentially a thesis paper) Max looked at regulation and the peer economy, exploring the idea of a "2.0" approach.  I was Max's advisor for the paper, and he has since gone on to a policy job at Airbnb. Max did a great job of looking at two recent examples of peer economy meets regulation: the California ridesharing rules, and the JOBS act for equity crowdfunding, and exploring some concepts which could be part of a "2.0" approach to regulation.  His full report is [here](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10972695/Pomeranc_PAE_Final_HKS_Version%20.pdf). Relatively quick read, a good starting place for thinking about these ideas. I am off to meet Max for breakfast as we speak! More tomorrow.

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*Originally published on [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://nickgrossman.xyz/regulation-and-the-peer-economy-a-20-framework)*