Gig Workers and Policies of Minimal Social Dislocation

Antoon Spithoven

Journal of Economic Issues, 2021, vol. 55, issue 2, 516-523

Abstract: My analysis of the process of digital “platformization” of economies is framed in Thorstein Veblen’s theory of economic evolution and John R. Commons’ concept of reasonableness. I conclude that digital platformization of economies is rooted in a deliberately decided liberalization of markets. The consequences of liberalization require a fundamental revision of economic policy and socio-economic institutions if one wants to create permanent jobs with good social security provisions, and/or to establish reasonable income/wealth differentials.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2021.1919853

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