Steven Hill: Raw Deal: The 'Uber Economy' and Runaway Capitalism
Organization:
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Category:
Political/Special Interest
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
6/9/2016
End Date:
6/9/2016
Start Time:
7:30 PM
End Time:
9:30 PM
Event
Info:
"Raw Deal: How the 'Uber Economy' and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers" could not be timely. With every jarring day our seems to be more seriously broken, the social contract erased, what remains of available work no longer offers us pensions or jobs with benefits. Gigs, freelancing and winging it seem to be the future. Steven Hill describes the predicament as a growing army of "freelancers, temps, contractors, part-timers, day laborers, micro-entrepreneurs, gig-preneurs, solo-preneurs, contingent labor, perma-lancers and perma-temps." Even if a job offers benefits, the high cost deductible for medical care is prohibitive. Hill warns that many of our future jobs will be taken by robots. Those in the young workforce coming up are overloaded with college loans they can hardly pay off. With our ever-growing population, higher living expenses and markedly fewer jobs, something has to give...
"Steven Hill's groundbreaking book on the part-time, unstable Uber Economy shows how a new sub-economy becomes a work of law-flouting regress undermining full-time work. Remote corporate algorithms run riot!" -Ralph Nader, consumer advocate
Steven Hill is a Senior Fellow with the New America Foundation. He is the author of four books prior to Raw Deal: Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age 10 Steps To Repair American Democracy Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics and Whose Vote Counts. For more information, visit his website: www.Steven-Hill.com
Host Greg Bridges is a radio dj and journalist living in Oakland. He is a contributor to KPFA's Hip Hop and social affairs show Hard Knock Radio.
Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM
Hosted by Greg Bridges
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