>So, the gig economy is reducing the number of "classical" jobs. Sure, but the gig economy started from displacing jobs that were caught in regulatory capture.

>So, the gig economy is reducing the number of "classical" jobs. Sure, but the gig economy started from displacing jobs that were caught in regulatory capture. Most of the people that the earlier post talked about wouldn't be able to get a job as a taxi driver due to regulations. I think that, so far, the gig economy isn't pushing heavily into areas that aren't suffering from regulatory capture.