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Density on Nov 21, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

Overwhelming number of jobs created in the last decade are very low quality gig economy jobs. People work, but they're severely underemployed.

humanrebar on Nov 21, 2017 [–]

> ...very low quality gig economy jobs...

Gig jobs are fine if people can provide their own emergency fund and pay out of pocket for their own benefits. That is, the difference between "gig job" and a "successful sole proprietorship" is how much money one makes.

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