Except that pawnbrokers are still in business, and I begin to think of AirBnB and Uber as pawnbrokers: they let you turn some part of what you own (the car, say

Except that pawnbrokers are still in business, and I begin to think of AirBnB and Uber as pawnbrokers: they let you turn some part of what you own (the car, say) into cash to ease your present extra-tight circumstances, even if you'd never have rationally bought the car or house for that purpose. Not sure I'm right about this, but that's how it's beginning to look to me.