作者簡介 亞莉珊卓‧拉弗奈爾Alexandrea J. Ravenelle 北卡羅來納大學的社會學助理教授，也是紐約大學公共知識研究所（Institute for Public Knowledge）的訪問學者。 譯者簡介 戴榕儀 自由譯者，有譯作十餘本。

Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Supporters argue that the gig economy will reverse economic inequality, enhance worker rights, and bring entrepreneurship to the masses. But does it? In Hustle and Gig, Alexandrea...(展开全部)

The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited. When the “sharing economy” launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work—giving earners flexibility, autonomy, and a decent income. It was touted as a cure for social isolation and rampant ecological degradation....(展开全部)

WHAT IF YOUR BOSS WAS AN ALGORITHM? The gig economy promises to revolutionise work as we know it, offering flexibility and independence instead of 9-to-5 drudgery. The potential benefits are enormous: consumers enjoy the convenience and affordability of on-demand work while micro-entrepreneurs turn to online platforms in search of their next gig, task, or ride. IS THIS THE FUTU...(展开全部)

莎拉·凯斯勒 美国商业新闻网站“石英网”记者，她在该网站专门撰写以“工作的未来”为主题的报道。在2016年加入石英网之前，她曾任美国权威商业周刊《快公司》的高级撰稿人，报道与“零工经济”相关的话题；还曾在美国科技新闻博客“万事博”负责有关高科技初创公司的报道。多篇文章被《华盛顿邮报》《纽约杂志》，以及美国国家公共电台等知名媒体所援引。

布莱恩·阿瑟 著名经济学家，研究经济正反馈机制的先驱。 在加州大学伯克利分校获得经济学硕士学位和运筹学博士学位，37岁就成为斯坦福大学*年轻的经济学教授。 1987年获得“古根海姆奖”，1990年获得“熊比特奖”。 1987年进入圣塔菲研究所，投身于跨学科的复杂性科学领域。1988年，主持圣塔菲的研究项目。他是圣塔菲的元老级人物，也是复杂性科学的奠基人。他因成绩突出而荣获首届“拉格朗日奖”。 对技术与科学、经济之间的关系，他见解独特，是一位技术思想家。 2014年，由湛庐文化引进出版其著作《技术的本质》（The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves）。

What can government do to enhance social and economic well being? Nothing, says Murray N. Rothbard. Power and Market contains the proof. It will inoculate the reader against the even the slightest temptation to invoke the state as a solution to any social or economic problem. It is ultimate manual for completely de-mystifying the myth of the state. This beautiful new edition is...(展开全部)

This narrative takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld.

Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, according to Saskia Sassen. They are more accurately understood as a type of expulsion—from professional ...(展开全部)

[美] W.布莱恩·阿瑟 | W. Brian Arthur 杰出的经济学家、复杂性理论家和技术思想家，研究经济正反馈机制的先驱。最为人所知的工作，是开创了对经济中的收益递增的现代研究，他的“收益递增理论”现已成为我们理解高科技经济的基础。加州大学伯克利分校运筹学博士，并持有经济学、工程学和数学学位。37岁时成为斯坦福大学最年轻的讲席教授。1983—1996年，任斯坦福大学人类生物学教授、莫里森讲席经济学和人口学教授。圣塔菲研究所元老级人物，现任圣塔菲研究所外聘教授。1987年获得古根海姆学者奖；1990年获得熊彼特经济学奖；2008年获得首届拉格朗日复杂性科学奖；2009年获得IBM学院奖。“因其研究揭示了经济系统中的网络效应所导致的收益递增”，获得2019年科睿唯安“引文桂冠奖”。