by dankeelan | Dec 5, 2023 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Millions of boomers retired during the pandemic, but some didn’t entirely leave the workforce — they just joined the gig economy. As many as seven million gig workers are missing from official government employment figures, according to...
by dankeelan | Nov 21, 2023 | Gig Workers
Technological development in the digital era has rapidly and irrevocably altered the way people relate and communicate. Joanne McNeil’s first book, Lurking: How a Person Became a User, is a critical history of the internet age, written from the perspective of the...
by dankeelan | Nov 21, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Millions of “gig” workers may get missed every month in the U.S. government’s employment report, a discrepancy with implications for how Federal Reserve officials size up the job market and any associated inflation risks. Research prepared for a...
by dankeelan | Nov 14, 2023 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
If it seems like everyone around you has a side hustle these days, you’re not that far off. An estimated 50% of American workers earn extra income from gig work. And it’s quickly become a big business, with the industry expected to grow to $455 billion...
by dankeelan | Nov 14, 2023 | Gig Workers
I’ve done some form of gig work for over 20 years, and I can tell you there have been many highs and some lows. Mostly, my time as a freelance writer has been a great experience, and I’ve been fortunate to write for some fantastic big companies over the...
by dankeelan | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
The global freelancing and side gig industry, known as the “gig economy,” is projected to swell to a staggering $14.39 billion by the year 2030, and is on track to be the largest contributor to the overall workforce, making up 5% of the U.S....
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