There's No Such Thing as 'The Gig Economy'

[yallerdawg]

4. I thought 'gig economy' was new.

I think the new description is a political distinction as 'employers' seek alternatives to unionism and government regulation - capital again seeking maximization of profit. As it must!

I think some new proposals by leading Democrats regarding traditional hard-earned employment benefits following the individual rather than the job - just as the Affordable Care Act benefits are tying healthcare to the individual - would be a good step towards maintaining our social security and safety nets regardless of definition of employment status.

The benefit of job freedom would still be available to the worker, but the traditional employer costs would still be applied to the employer's so-called profits.

Whatever you are "called" by your employer should not be an incentive for more profit.