Humans As a Service - The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Work on Demand


• 2: Double Speak


• 3: Lost in the Crowd


• 4: The Innovation Paradox


• 5: Disrupting the Disruptors


• 6: Levelling the Playing Field


• Epilogue


• Postscript to the paperback edition

About the author

Jeremias Prassl is a Fellow of Magdalen College and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Oxford University. He advises public and private sector organisations around the world on regulating the gig economy, and tweets about the future of work @JeremiasPrassl.

Summary

Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremias Prassl, Jeremias (Associate Professor and Fellow o Prassl, Jeremias (Associate Professor and Fellow of Magdalen College Prassl, Prassl Jeremias
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2019
• EAN: 9780198797029
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879702-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / International, LAW / Communications, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, LAW / Computer & Internet, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Employment & Labour Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, International economic & trade law, Employment and labour law: general, Public international law: economic and trade, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, IT & Communications law