The coronavirus shock has shaken the world’s stock markets, imposing the need for massive state bailouts. But the measures to deal with the crisis risk spurring an authoritarian controlled capitalism — one that protects corporate […]
BRAVE NEW EUROPE has always considered the Gig Economy one of the most important economic developments of our time. Unfortunately it is totally ignored in mainstream media and by much of academia. The Lipman-Miliband Trust […]
We don’t get fooled again. Once more the political class is trying to rescue corporations at the expense of the 99%. Where yesterday there was no money for social policy, today there are trillions for […]
Meanwhile back at the real economy…A coalition of gig economy researchers at Fairwork explain how gig workers are being hit hardest by COVID-19. Co-authored by Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham, Srujana Katta, Kelle Howson, Fabian Ferrari and […]
We can’t let companies that profit from undermining labour protections define what ‘good work’ is. The authors work at the University of Oxford’s Fairwork Foundation, which scrutinises working conditions at digital labour platforms. Cross-posted from […]
Craig Berry and Sean McDaniel draw upon research with focus groups and an online community exercise to examine the attitudes of young people in relation to the apparent ‘normalisation’ of precarity in the post-2008 economy. […]
Uber and other tech companies do not care about laws, just profits. Read here
The Swiss canton of Geneva said Friday it had classified ride-hailing giant Uber as an employer, ordering a halt to its activities unless it pays the social charges for its drivers. Read here
Ricky, from Sorry We Missed You. Joss Barratt/Sixteen Films Robert MacDonald, University of Huddersfield Ken Loach’s film, Sorry We Missed You, tells the harrowing tale of Ricky, Abby and their family’s attempts to get by […]
In the UK there is currently a major strike by Deliveroo workers. Their demands are for normal working conditions. It is the prevention of this that the gig economy lives. Read here
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