Airbnb a solution to middle-class inequality, company says

Sharing economy helping to mitigate blows dealt by 2008 financial crisis and dwindling middle class that Trump warned about, says head of global policy

Airbnb says it is a solution to the problem of growing middle-class inequality that Donald Trump campaigned on, as it attempts to persuade local governments around the world of what it has to offer.

Chris Lehane, head of global policy, told media in Sydney on Tuesday that a struggling middle class was a concern for both the Democrats and the Republican party in the recent presidential election campaign.

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