Session 13: Informal Labour & Future of Work II

24/05/2021 1h 22min

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Session 13 of REIN Reading Circle.
Readings: Arguments for gig economy

Thornton, M. (2020, February 19). Legislation Should Help Rather Than Hinder the Gig Economy. Mises Institute. https://mises.org/power-market/legislation-should-help-rather-hinder-gig-economy
Schwellnus, C., Geva, A., Pak, M., & Veiel, R. (2019). GIG ECONOMY PLATFORMS: BOON OR BANE? OECD. https://fairgig.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ECO-WKP201919.pdf

Arguments against gig economy

Lawrence, M. (2020, December 2). Common Wealth: To #MakeAmazonPay, Reimagine the Platform Economy. Progressive International. https://progressive.international/wire/2020-12-02-common-wealth-to-makeamazonpay-reimagine-the-platform-economy/en/

Zarkadakis, G. (2021, May 14). Do platforms work? Aeon. https://aeon.co/essays/workers-of-the-world-unite-on-distributed-digital-platforms