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Perhaps because the Mercatus institite is funded by the Koch brothers, the conclusions drawn play up the individual choice and down the forced by economics to d
by dv_dt 8y ago
Perhaps because the Mercatus institite is funded by the Koch brothers, the conclusions drawn play up the individual choice and down the forced by economics to do fill in work as a contractor or freelancer. The data shows a growth, but the conclusion doesn't seem to actually link to the anything directly shown by the data.
- drawkbox 8y agoDidn't know that but you can find other sources with the same data [1][2]. [1] https://qz.com/work/1324292/gig-economy-data-why-the-us-department-of-labor-numbers-are-misleading/ https://qz.com/work/1324292/gig-economy-data-why-the-us-depa... [2] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/conemp.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/conemp.nr0.htm