The Gig economy and automation. A brief presentation with discussions [articol]

Abstract

In recent years the advancement in technologies has led to the creation of platforms, apps and websites, which became more and more popular after the financial crisis hit the world’s economy and companies hired less. A new economy arose, the so-called Gig economy: people would no longer be hired directly from a company, but as free lancers working mainly on web-based platforms. Along with these two trends, the landscape became more and more complicated because of the progress being made towards automation.