I didn’t look for anything more current because I was more interested in the GP’s claim that said explosion occurred in 2010.
> We find that the number of workers in the gig economy grew between 8.8 and 14.4 percent from 2002 to 2014. For comparison, overall employment increased by 7.2 percent over the same period. Independent contractors constitute a significant portion of gig workers, and grew by 2.1 million workers from 2010 to 2014, accounting for 28.8 percent of all jobs added during the recovery. The online gig economy has experienced significant growth as well. Faster growth in taxis and boarding rooms since the arrival of companies like Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb indicates that online gig jobs are transforming the labor force. In particular, the data suggest that the ride sharing industry has helped bring in an additional $519 million in economic activity from 2009 to 2013, and created 22,000 jobs in the sector.
I’m unqualified to endorse any of these studies, I just figured that I’d share them. Trying to parse the formal distinctions between “gig workers”, independent contractors, and other “nonstandard workers” is a lot of work.
I see. Allow me to clarify my statement. This NPR article has zero links. I think my use of “outbound” was improper to a degree. I was referring to links that lead off of the page. A few articles that I clicked through on CNN have links, but they may not be regarded as “outbound” links because they are all appear to just be links to other CNN stories. The few MSNBC articles I checked out at least have what I’m assuming are proper outbound links in that some lead to entirely different websites.
I’m not trying to refute you. I understand why a publication would prefer not to link to other sites (and I commend MSNBC or choosing to do so according to my observations).
I’m more so intrigued by NPR not linking to anything, anywhere. Especially not a source. The numbers come directly from “the Labor Department” and the rest of the article is sentiment.
I wanted to facetiously parrot Elon Musk’s “NPR is state-run media” claims, but if the attempt at humor were to fall flat I’d hate for the more serious observation to not be considered.
Does this news in any way affirm the recent decision in OpenBSD development to pin all system calls? I don’t totally comprehend the decision, but I gathered that it affects how Go operates on that OS.
