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The gig economy won't last because it's being sued to death (fastcompany.com)
2 points by hsuresh on Feb 18, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This appears to be a complaint that "business can't compete if it has to pay its employees properly." What the "gig economy" offers used to be called "day labour", and it was always just that one step from starvation. There are reasons people want stable conditions, and are learning to fear the word "disruption" and consider it an attack on them and theirs.




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