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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.
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What expectations do the Feds create? I expect that they will tax me. Send billions to Israel. Keep our country in constant war. Everyone knows that it is every man for himself in the marketplace unless you have a rich daddy.
'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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[–] 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.
[–] Smokrates [S] ago (edited ago)
What expectations do the Feds create? I expect that they will tax me. Send billions to Israel. Keep our country in constant war. Everyone knows that it is every man for himself in the marketplace unless you have a rich daddy.
[–] 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
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'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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