Orwell&#x27;s &quot;The Road to Wigan Pier&quot; is his study of working class life.  A modern version is &quot;Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America&quot;, by Barbara Page.  That predates the &quot;sharing&quot; economy, on which the definitive book has not yet been written. &quot;What&#x27;s Yours Is Mine&quot;, by Tom Slee, may be helpful.