Gig economy 1. What is the gig economy and why has it grown so much in recent years? 2. Which kinds of business use gig work most effectively and why? 3. 'the gig economy benefits everyone'. In what ways? Do you agree? 4. How do consumers benefit from the gig economy? 5. What needs to be done in order for the gig economy to work for everyone in the future? 6. How to understand the development of gig economy? What do you think? Sources Bajwa, U., Knorr, L., Di Ruggiero, E., Gastaldo, D., & Zendel, A. (2018). Towards an understanding of workers' experiences in the global gig economy.Global Migration & Health Initiative, Toronto. Graham, M., Lehdonvirta, V., Wood, A., Barnard, H., Hjorth, I., & Peter Simon, D. (2017). The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins. Oxford Internet Institute. Jenkins, M. (2019).Who benefits from the gig economy?. Medium. Retrieved 1 June 2021, from https://medium.com/cgo-benchmark/who-benefits-from-the-gig-economy-7fec8d50d33. MacDonald, R. (2019).Ken Loach's new film on the gig economy tells exactly the same story as our research. The Conversation. Retrieved 1 June 2021, from https://theconversation.com/ken-loachs-new-film-on-the-gig-economy-tells-exactly-the-same-story-as-our-research-125743. Wood, A., Graham, M., Lehdonvirta, V., & Hjorth, I. (2018). Good Gig, Bad Gig: Autonomy and Algorithmic Control in the Global Gig Economy.Work, Employment And Society,33(1), 56-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018785616 Worries about the rise of the gig economy are mostly overblown. The Economist. (2018). Retrieved 1 June 2021, from https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/10/04/worries-about-the-rise-of-the-gig-economy-are-mostly-overblown