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May 29, 2014

Who rigs the “gig” economy?

Do freelance gigs liberate workers? Lynn Parramore interviews Econ4’s Gerald Friedman:

By removing any social protection, the gig economy returns us to the most oppressive type of cut-throat and hierarchical capitalism, a social order where the power to hire and fire has been restored to employers, giving them once again unfettered control over the workplace.

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