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Humans as a Service: The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy
Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.
| Author(s) | By Jeremias Prassl (Associate Professor and Fellow of Magdalen College, Associate Professor and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 224 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 18 Jul 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.
Introduction: Welcome to the Gig Economy 1: Work on Demand 2: Double Speak 3: Lost in the Crowd 4: The Emperor's New Clothes 5: Disrupting the Disruptors 6: Levelling the Playing Field
Jeremias Prassl is a Fellow of Magdalen College and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Oxford University. He advises public and private sector organisations around the world on regulating the gig economy, and tweets about the future of work @
