Volume 6(3), 2018
NON-EMPLOYMENT WORK ARRANGEMENTS IN DIGITAL LABOR MARKETPLACES: WHO’S FOOLING WHO?
ABSTRACT. I follow recent research showing that labor markets are undergoing an impressive metamorphosis, where standard employment is gradually accompanied or replaced by impermanent gig work facilitated by online platforms. Using data from JPMorgan Chase Institute, I performed analyses and made es..
ONLINE CONTINGENT LABOR IN A PRECARIOUS CAPITALISM: PLATFORM BUSINESS MODELS, NONSTANDARD FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND DIGITALLY DRIVEN SHARING-ECONOMY SERVICES
ABSTRACT. This article reviews recent literature concerning online contingent labor. Using data from JPMorgan Chase Institute, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding reliance on, and active participation in, labor platforms, percent of adults participating in the online platform economy i..
POLARIZATION IN THE FUTURE JOURNAL PUBLISHING ECOSYSTEM: SELECTIVE SUBSCRIPTION JOURNALS AND OPEN ACCESS MEGA-JOURNALS
ABSTRACT. The development of information technology has drastically changed scholarly communication. The advent of electronic journals has changed the industrial structure of academic publishing. As the market concentration of journal publishing continues to increase, the pricing of journals has bee..
A GROWTH-FRIENDLY SPENDING MIX? BREAKING DOWN PUBLIC SPENDING IN IRELAND
ABSTRACT. In the context of sustained improvements in Ireland’s public finances since that country’s fiscal crisis of 2008–2012, the scope and adequacy of public expenditures in Ireland have reemerged as a major political and social concern. In this paper, we identify the broad areas of public spend..
BRINGING DEMOCRATIC CHOICE TO EUROPE’S ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: THE EU TREATY CHANGES WE NEED, AND WHY WE NEED THEM
ABSTRACT. Despite its commitment to democratic values, the European Union does not permit a full range of legitimate democratic choice in the economic sphere. Because so much of the EU’s economic policy is embedded in its Treaties, which can normally only be changed if all member states agree, there..