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What's the gig economy, and how's it reshaping work? Explore our curated articles for a global view of the sharing economy, the pros and cons of the gig economy, personal stories from gig workers, and learn what the research says.
The Art of the Gig
Gigging in the Time of Corona
I want to keep this one simple if not short, since I’m sure all of you are inundated with COVID-19 related news and …
Freelance Gig EconomyDoteveryone
Better work in the gig economy
Enabling gig workers to live with financial security, dignity and dreams.
Gig EconomyThe New York Times
How the 'Sharing' Economy Erodes Both Privacy and Trust
To participate in services like Airbnb, you have to expose yourself.
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I Lost My Life to Airbnb
Obsessively renting out my home was the only way I could make it in the gig economy. When I found myself sleeping on the …
Gig EconomyArs Technica
Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?
Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to be.
Gig EconomyCouncil of the EU
Rights for platform workers: Council and Parliament strike deal
The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on a proposed directive to improve working …
Gig EconomyUniversity of Bristol
Research reveals majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage
As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below …
Gig EconomyBloomberg
Where Are All the Gig Workers and What Are They Doing?
The pandemic has accelerated one of the biggest changes in our labor market since the industrial evolution: independent work. …
Gig EconomyBloomberg
The Gig Economy Is Coming for Millions of American Jobs
California’s vote to classify Uber and Lyft drivers as contractors has emboldened other employers to eliminate salaried …
Gig EconomyVice
Gig Workers Have Nowhere to Pee
There’s a reason that gig workers consistently have difficulty getting bathroom access whether its in restaurants, …
Gig EconomyAndreessen Horowitz
The Passion Economy and the Future of Work
These stories are indicative of a larger trend: call it the “creator stack” or the “enterprization of …
Future of Work Gig EconomyThe New York Times
California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees
California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract …
Gig EconomyBBC
The 'microworkers' making your digital life possible
There are no official numbers for how many microworkers there are, but tens of thousands are estimated to work on …
Gig Economy Remote WorkVox
California is cracking down on the gig economy
California just took a major step in rewriting the rules of the gig economy.
The state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that …
Gig EconomyNPR
The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk And A Handful Of Clothes
More young people are leaning into the rental or sharing economy — owning less of everything and renting and sharing a whole …
Gig EconomyOneZero
The Sharing Economy Was Always a Scam
‘Sharing’ was supposed to save us. Instead, it became a Trojan horse for a precarious economic future.
Gig EconomyThe Wall Street Journal
How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong
Rise in nontraditional work arrangements was more modest than originally estimated, a new paper says.
Gig EconomyThe Guardian
High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification
Using ratings, competitions and bonuses to incentivise workers isn’t new – but as I found when I became a Lyft driver, …
Gig EconomyBloomberg
Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat
Reports from the International Labor Organization and the JPMorgan Chase Institute describe the plight of different kinds of …
Gig EconomyThe Atlantic
The Online Gig Economy's 'Race to the Bottom'
When the whole world is fighting for the same jobs, what happens to workers?
Gig EconomyVox
The myth of the job-hopping, rootless millennial is just that — a myth
Hype about the “gig economy” aside, Americans are becoming more attached to their jobs and communities, not less. …
Gig EconomyThe New York Times
Maybe the Gig Economy Isn't Reshaping Work After All
You can see the gig economy everywhere but in the statistics.
Gig EconomyMaclean's Magazine
How the growing gig economy is making life harder for North American workers
A journalist argues the new climate has led to people without things like unemployment insurance, retirement savings and a …
Gig EconomyQuartz
Everything we thought we knew about the gig economy is wrong
The share of people working in “alternative” work arrangements, an important government measure of the prevalence …
Gig EconomyHarvard Business Review
Thriving in the Gig Economy
To learn what it takes to be successful in independent work, we recently completed an in-depth study of 65 gig workers. We …
Gig EconomyNPR
Will Work For No Benefits: The Challenges Of Being In The New Contract Workforce
Being on your own in the workforce often means you don’t have the safety net of benefits and other forms of support …
Gig EconomyLongreads
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
There is a story about a ghost economy. The distance between the main employer, the company that hires the temp agency, and …
Gig EconomyFinancial Times
The Uber Game
Can you make it in the gig economy?
Gig EconomySan Francisco Chronicle
When a gig economy company folds, workers can be left holding the bag
If you work in the gig economy, you have no idea what’s going on in your employer. You’re not even an employee in …
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