After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back
Juliet Schor
(Author)
Description
Management & Workplace Culture Book of the Year, 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards
A Publishers Weekly Fall 2020 Big Indie Book
The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited.
Nevertheless, the basic model--a peer-to-peer structure augmented by digital tech--holds the potential to meet its original promises. Based on nearly a decade of pioneering research, After the Gig dives into what went wrong with this contemporary reimagining of labor. The book examines multiple types of data from thirteen cases to identify the unique features and potential of sharing platforms that prior research has failed to pinpoint. Juliet B. Schor presents a compelling argument that we can engineer a reboot: through regulatory reforms and cooperative platforms owned and controlled by users, an equitable and truly shared economy is still possible.
Product Details
Price
$24.95
$23.20
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
September 01, 2020
Pages
272
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.1 X 1.2 inches | 1.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780520325050
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Juliet B. Schor is an economist and sociologist and a New York Times best-selling author. She teaches at Boston College and is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Better Future Project. William Attwood-Charles, Mehmet Cansoy, Lindsey "Luka" Carfagna, Samantha Eddy, Connor Fitzmaurice, Isak Ladegaard, and Robert Wengronowitz collaborated on this book.