Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy

Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by rjtavares on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:35AM (#21629821)

We routinely make known scams illegal despite fact that the "fault" lies in the individual being scammed. Not saying Uber is a scam, but "victims should know better" isn't a valid defense of it.

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Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by shantly on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:18PM (#21630318)

Time and resources to comparison shop (in a broad sense) being neither of them infinite, the more we can assure certain definitely- or probably-bad options are absent from the market, the better the market will function.

Pro-healthy-and-effective-markets and absolutist pro-liberty or laissez-faire stances aren't always aligned.

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Re:Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy by yellowbuilding on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:09PM (#21632234)

Right, and there must be competitors to compare with. This is why a federal job guarantee makes sense.

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