I find this extremely significant to explain the rapid rise in the p2p imaginary:

* Article: Future Visions for 2030: Of Economy, Sustainability and Employment. By Juha Saukkonen, Minh Thu Dang, et al. Journal of Futures Studies, March 2013, 17(3): 119-122.

A survey of the Students of the International Study Programs in JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland.

“Key findings of the research can be condensed in following statements:

a. Believe in economic non-growth/de-growth is far from a marginal phenomenon

b. On a personal level, students rely on their abilities to limit or even downsize their usage of natural resources (even when their rising socio-economic status in the future raises opportunities of spending)

c. Students surveyed have serious doubts about the ability of nations and global community to make similar kind of limitations to use of natural resources – main doubts were raised based disability of governments to act for it and ways of governance in societies

d. Students have largely abandoned the idea of linear, steadily rising career paths. Instead the idea of multidimensional careers (has become the “default setting” in their career thinking Volatility in terms of employment and career development is the leading mental model. However, in some students groups the confidence to own career was far more positive than the view on the employment and career development in higher level – national or global

e. Also there was a strong tendency to see self-employment as a viable option for future, with lot of variation between different study groups.”