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The Uber lord giveth but drivers pay price

Uber investors might get uber rich from the company's public offering this May. But not everyone is sharing in the spoils of the so-called sharing economy.

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In John Updike's 1960 novel about the American dream, Rabbit Run, the character Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom flees his middle-class life, leaving chaos and sorrow in his wake.

"When I ran from Janice I made an interesting discovery ... if you have the guts to be yourself," he says, "other people'll pay your price."

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