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Can universal basic income counter the ill-effects of the gig economy?
– in EconomicsBasic income is an interesting solution for the gig economy, because it addresses its problems…
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The limits of uberisation: How far can platforms go?
Homejoy was slated to become the Uber of domestic cleaning services. It was a platform…
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Should we love Uber and Airbnb or protest against them?
– in EconomicsSome theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection.…
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Uber and Airbnb make the rules now — but to whose benefit?
Outlining a more nuanced theory of institutional change that suggests that platforms’ effects on society…
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Why are citizens migrating to Uber and Airbnb, and what should governments do about it?
What if we dug into existing social science theory to see what it has to…