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New York Times (March 21)

2021/ 03/ 22 by jd in Global News

“Gig companies have drawn billions in venture capital funding to help underwrite a system that is a race to the bottom for labor protections. But it doesn’t have to be that way.” Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Uber must now classify its drivers as workers. “If Uber can sustain its business while granting drivers improved guaranteed benefits and a financial safety net, then surely that model can be replicated elsewhere.” Uber drivers and other Gig workers “deserve the opportunity to make financial headway.”

 

New York Times (July 18)

2012/ 07/ 20 by jd in Global News

Continuing reports that “big investors systematically receive early word of important company developments” is an unwelcome development for everybody. “The result will be a less robust market, a less robust economy and a less wealthy society, as individuals are unable to mass the sums needed for retirement. But until the stock markets are restored to health — with rules and protections that are clearly understood and enforced — individual investors have reason to be wary.”

 

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