[–] Cuilrunnings ago
I don't really think the gig economy is working that well because so peoples' expectations are anchored to the distortions created by the federal government.
[–] Cuilrunnings ago
Taxes eat up independent contractor wages. Most don't think to account for it as they are used to employer paying half.
[–] derram ago
https://archive.is/XJFf4 | :
'The model goes by many names—the sharing economy; the gig economy; the on-demand, peer, or platform economy—but the companies share certain premises. '
'Like traditional companies, gigging companies maintain regiments of highly paid lawyers and lobbyists. '
'The flexibility was great, if you had something to be flexible for.“The gig economy is such a lonely economy,” he told me. '
'In a new book, “The Sharing Economy,” he proposes a halfway measure like Airbnb’s: self-regulation in collaboration with government. '
'Given such testimony, it was easy to see how the sharing economy became a liberal beacon—and easy to see the attendant paradoxes. '
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