Digitalization of the economy.

Summary On Tuesday afternoon, March 8, 2016, the Economic Affairs Commission organized a roundtable on the digitization of the economy. This one brought together Christine Balagué, vice-president of the working group of the National Digital Council that submitted the report on January 6, 2016 "Work, employment, digital: the new trajectories", Nicolas Colin, founder of "TheFamily" and author of "The age of the multitude", Anne Perrot, economist, and Philippe Portier, associate lawyer at Jeantet. This round table will inform members of parliament about the profound transformations of our production model that the digitalization of the economy implies. This revolution is sometimes referred to as "uberization" because of the topical case of the highly regulated, traditional and inefficient cab sector, which has been shaken up by an innovative company, Uber, which is improving the service provided to consumers while raising serious questions of regulation, protection of workers - self-employed and non-salaried - and tax liability. Is the term "uberization", sometimes considered pejorative, appropriate? If not, how can we analyze these rapid changes in our economic ecosystem? Another challenge of this roundtable will be to distinguish between uberization and the collaborative economy (or sharing economy), which is often presented as more virtuous. To what extent? Is this distinction between the two models relevant? The Economic Affairs Commission has already raised these various questions during the hearing on March 2 of Pascal Terrasse, author of a recent report on the subject submitted to the Prime Minister.