Gig Economy May Be Causing The Labor Shortage 👷‍♀️ - Platforms/Tech and the Worker Shortage

Alex looks at various data points detailing the ongoing labor shortage in the United States. He explains his theory on how platforms that easily enable gig work may be a contributing factor to this shortage. Moazed cites features of gig-work like scheduled flexibility as reasons why this shortage may loom and change the fundamental cost structure of employing a traditional full time worker.

This is an excerpt from episode 174 of Winner Take All. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/VMd8y6ytSts

Originally Aired: 09/17/21
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