The gig enconomy's innovation was offloading risk entirely onto the "employees" who aren't employees, but "independent contractors" with no rights or recourse.

The gig enconomy's innovation was offloading risk entirely onto the "employees" who aren't employees, but "independent contractors" with no rights or recourse. This is a wealth consolidation practice yet again. The gig runners make money off the independent contractors because they take all the risk.