Gig Serfdom

Apps like Uber, DoorDash, and TaskRabbit promised a revolution: work when you want, be your own boss. Labor economist David Trent calls this "e;The Gig Serfdom."e; In this expose, Trent reveals how the gig economy resurrected 19th-century piecework conditions under the guise of 21st-century technology. Trent analyzes "e;Algorithmic Management,"e; where an opaque code hires, fires, and sets wages...