Description: This writing assignment asks you to do a bit of Internet research on the gig economy and then apply Marx to the gig economy.
Prompt:
Paragraph #1: Do an Internet search to help you answer the following questions: What is the gig economy? What are examples of gig jobs? Currently, Uber is being sued by a California agency for “wage theft” by mislabeling Uber drivers as Independent Contractors. Why would Uber label the drivers as “independent contractors”? Be sure to put in-text citations of the websites you get information from. Citation, in this case, is putting the web address in parenthesis directly after you discuss the information from the website.
Paragraph #2: Without the help of the Internet, write a paragraph applying Marx to the things you discuss in your first paragraph. For example, would Marx see the gig economy as a way for capitalists to create surplus labor and exploit workers? Would gig workers experience alienation?
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