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rounds up a whole bunch of

artappraiser — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 03:22:53 +0000

In reply to America’s gig economy is smaller now than before Uber existed, official data show

rounds up a whole bunch of comments from economic analysts and think tankers, gets into some weeds:

How the Gig Economy Is Reshaping Work: Not So Much

By Ben Cassleman @ NYTimes.com, June 7

also notes

The report on Thursday did not break out online workers; a follow-up report scheduled for September will do so. But it portrayed an alternative work force far broader than the one typically conjured by the term “gig economy.”

Getting the Gig

Nonstandard work hasn’t increased over all since 2005, but the number of independent contractors has grown in some categories.

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Yeah you put the problem here

artappraiser — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:15:43 +0000

In reply to The gig "economy" is

Yeah you put the problem here well, that's why I printed such a long excerpt. I look at it like this: they've found something interesting but we can't really be sure of what it is yet because the terminology changing makes things confusing.

The gig "economy" is

barefooted — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:58:24 +0000

In reply to America’s gig economy is smaller now than before Uber existed, official data show

The gig "economy" is completely different than the idea of being an independent contractor. Yes, we consider them to be the same in today's lingo, but if you're talking about data comparing 1995 to 2017, you have to realize that the language has changed substantially.

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artappraiser — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:18:37 +0000

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