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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 199 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198797012
  • 019879701X
  • 9780198797029
Other title:
  • Promise and perils of work in the gig economy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.25727 23
LOC classification:
  • HD5110 PRA
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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