Re:The gig economy of the 18th Century
by em3rgent0rdr on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:04PM
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I don't understand what you are saying about employee/employer. In a gig economy, you can be your own boss. And without all those unnecessary layers of management, you could potentially keep more of the money for yourself than having a company take it. Someone with in-demand skills and a good reputation is going to have stable work both in a gig economy or as an employee, anyway.
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"Being your own boss" actually means having as many bosses as you have clients.
> Someone with in-demand skills and a good reputation
The easiest possible situation is not sufficient to judge the proposition. You also have to examine the worst and see if that's at all acceptable, then try to move the cursor back up until you are able to see if on average the proposition is viable. But of course the most capable people will be able to survive.