The Bezzle: "Ask this question before booking an Airbnb — it could save your life" [ MarketWatch ]. "Many of Airbnb's 4 million short-term rentals worldwide are falling short on fire safety, a study published this week in the journal Injury Prevention found. Less than half of the listings on the lodging platform have fire extinguishers or first-aid kits, and just 56% have carbon monoxide alarms." As I keep saying, AirBnB's real product is regulatory arbitrage — and union-busting — like so many other Silicon Valley firms. Now that we've got the fire safety issue to watch, I wonder how soon we'll be hearing about bedbug infestations.