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Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses

Harvard Business Review

A full-time job provided the steady income needed to support our traditional version of the American Dream: the highly leveraged, high-fixed-cost house; the cars; the latest consumer goods. If you had a full-time job, you won. All of that is changing. Entrepreneurial workers also win. The gig economy rewards hustle.