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DESCRIPTION:The development of increasingly sophisticated communications technology has 
 resulted in the rise of a new economic model, the “sharing economy,” or 
 as our December speaker, Steven Hill, calls it in the title of the recent 
 book, the “Uber Economy.”   This new economy abolishes the traditional 
 employment of a steady job with defined pay and benefits. Workers become 
 “independent contractors,” “freelancers,” or even 
 “entrepreneurs.”  Employers present themselves as “information 
 platforms,” as “apps,” bringing together those offering services and 
 those who need them, traditionally known as customers.  The new model 
 minimizes responsibilities toward these “contractors.”\n\nDoes this 
 model make life better for working people?  In Raw Deal: How the "Uber 
 Economy" and Runaway Capitalism are Screwing American Workers 
 (www.RawDealBook.com) Steven Hill argues that it doesn’t.  As he says in 
 a recent Salon article: “The purveyors of the new economy are forging an 
 economic system in which those with money will be able to use faceless, 
 anonymous interactions via brokerage websites and mobile apps to hire those 
 without money by forcing an online bidding war to see who will charge the 
 least for their labor, or to rent out their home, their car, or other 
 personal property.”\n\nRaw Deal proposes pragmatic policy solutions to 
 transform the US economy and its safety net and social contract, launching 
 a new kind of deal to restore power back into the hands of American 
 workers.\n\nSteven Hill has previously spoken to PDA-SF on his book 
 "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure 
 Age" (www.EuropesPromise.org).  He is also the author of "10 Steps to 
 Repair American Democracy" (www.10Steps.net)\n\nSponsored by Progressive 
 Democrats of America–San Francisco (sanfranpda@aol.com)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/30/18780548.php
SUMMARY:Steven Hill on the Uber Economy: A Public Forum
LOCATION:St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church\n2097 Turk St. (at Lyon), San Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/30/18780548.php
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