Re:The Post-Ownership Society
by g8oz on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @06:17PM
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" a lot of us are “entrepreneurial” as we swing from one grapevine to the next as freelancers, but very few of us are building equity in a real business. "
Indeed many of the people participating in the gig economy are essentially in the same position as a day laborer. Across time and space this class of people has always been the most vulnerable to socio-economic tumult.
The image of rural landless laborers in India and Ethiopia comes to mind. They were always the first to die in a famine.
Indeed many of the people participating in the gig economy are essentially in the same position as a day laborer. Across time and space this class of people has always been the most vulnerable to socio-economic tumult.
The image of rural landless laborers in India and Ethiopia comes to mind. They were always the first to die in a famine.