The tide seems to be turning concerning the Gig Economy in Britain. Workers, supported by the unions, are winning one court case after the other to be recgonised for what they are: employees. Wren-Lewis looks at the current conflict in London with Über. Are we seeing the beginning of the end to Silicon Valley Capitalism in the UK?
Economics
Douglas Rushkoff: How tech’s richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Is this madness or simply the ultimate indivdualistic solution to a communal problem? Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Argentina entering the usual doom loop that austerity inevitably creates
This is a doom loop being exacerbated by the on-going fiscal austerity. The other point is that while the nation is not in recession yet, there is a reluctance to invest in new productive capital […]
Finance
Ben Wray – How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs
Review of Nick Srnicek’s new book about AI, ‘Silicon Empires’. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
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