Humans as a service : the promise and perils of work in the gig economy / Jeremias Prassl.

By:

Prassl, Jeremias

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: OXFORD: OXFORD, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 199 pagesISBN:

9780198797012

Other title:

Promise and perils of work in the gig economy

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DDC classification:

331.25727 PRA.H

Contents:

Work on demand -- Doublespeak -- Lost in the crowd -- The innovation paradox -- Disrupting the disruptors -- Levelling the playing field.

Summary: Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-186) and index.

Work on demand -- Doublespeak -- Lost in the crowd -- The innovation paradox -- Disrupting the disruptors -- Levelling the playing field.

Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.

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