9 Best Articles in 2021
The New Yorker
Is the Gig Economy Working?
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2017 · Many liberals have embraced the sharing economy. But can they survive it?
The Atlantic
Why America Is Afraid of TikTok
The Atlantic
~18 min read · 2020-07-30 · The company’s founder says in an interview that he wants it to be “a window” on the world. A Republican senator says it is a “Trojan horse.”
Inc.
6 Traits That'll Make You Indispensable at Work
Inc.
2 min read · 2020-07-28 · In my experience at all levels within large organizations as well as small ones, the team members valued the most, and usually promoted first, are the ones seen by others as indispensable or "goto"…
The Guardian
High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification
The Guardian
~16 min read · From 2018 · Sarah Mason, a Lyft driver and sociologist, forensically examines management controls in the ride app industry. Based on her personal experience, she shows how companies like Lyft use gamification to motivate drivers. Your driver is actually playing a game – and may be hooked.
The New Yorker
The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death
The New Yorker
6 min read · From 2017 · America’s self-reliance obsession makes it more acceptable to applaud working yourself to death than to argue that doing so points to a flawed economic system.
OneZero
The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.
OneZero
~15 min read · 2020-07-29 · Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans
MIT Technology Review
The AI gig economy is coming for you
MIT Technology Review
5 min read · From 2019 · The artificial-intelligence industry runs on the invisible labor of humans working in isolated and often terrible conditions—and the model is spreading to more and more businesses.
Visual Capitalist
The 150 Apps that Power the Gig Economy
Visual Capitalist
6 min read · From 2019 · You're likely familiar with companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Craigslist, but here are 100+ other apps that help make the gig economy possible.
Fast Company
These are the skills you need to be successful in a hybrid environment
Fast Company
3 min read · Feb 12th · Working for a company where some employees are remote and others are in the office requires new habits and systems.
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Rest of World
How the platform economy sets women up to fail
Rest of World
5 min read · Sep 21st · Female gig workers earn less and are less satisfied than their male counterparts.
WIRED UK
These academics are trying to fix the last mile gig economy
WIRED UK
2 min read · Sep 23rd · The future is gig work – but the system is currently broken. Solutions are coming from academia
WIRED UK
Spain had a plan to fix the gig economy. It didn’t work
WIRED UK
3 min read · Sep 9th · Couriers say their working conditions are worse than ever as gig companies scramble to avoid calling them employees
Quartz
An anonymous Twitter account is delivering the most stinging critiques of India’s gig economy
Quartz
10 min read · Sep 30th · Since May, @DeliveryBhoy has been shining a spotlight on what it's like to deliver for Swiggy and Zomato.
Fast Company
Fostering innovation for and by workers could transform the gig economy
Fast Company
5 min read · Sep 30th · Amid the COVID-19 crisis, workers built new tools and business models with big benefits. It could be one of the most important and lasting economic legacies of the pandemic.
Fast Company
Here’s why Instacart gig workers want you to delete the app
Fast Company
2 min read · Sep 21st · An open letter outlines five demands that workers say need to be met, including better pay, benefits, and a better system for ratings.
