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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Daily: “Cheat codes for capitalism” - Is the GIG ECONOMY fit for purpose?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When you think about the gig economy, you probably imagine an Uber driver. But one in seven Brits are part of the gig economy, including some teachers and doctors. So what’s behind this global phenomenon? Ros Taylor talks to Rest of World editor Peter Guest about their vast report on how workers in the global South get a worse deal, why women get lower ratings than men, and giving a meaningful platform to platform workers.  “There is a great imbalance of power between the platform and the worker.” - 04:00 “You can't be hired and fired in the usual way.”  “There's a ready supply of people waiting to work on these platforms, so the power is always in the company's hands.” Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome to the bunker I'm Ros Taylor. When you think about the gig economy, you probably think of an Uber driver or the person who delivers your pizza.

1:16.0

But even two years ago, one in seven British workers have got work through a platform.

1:20.0

And it's not just low wage or low skilled shops. GPs do it.

1:24.4

Doctoral students at Cambridge are on teaching contracts that pay just 31

1:28.3

parents per supervision, including reading and marking.

1:31.5

It's never been easier to hire people and never have to fire them.

1:36.0

And it's a model that's taken off around the world as people have acquired smart phones.

1:40.0

With me to talk about the gig economy phenomenon is Peter Guest, a journalist at the

1:45.0

nonprofit site Rest of World. He's just worked on a big project looking at

1:49.2

platform work in 15 countries in the change the game for gig economy workers. Tell us about that.

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