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[quote=Anonymous]I can see it as a growing long term trend without becoming the dominant employment model. There are plenty of employers that see the clear cost/flexibility advantages of having an on-demand labor pool. Even at the higher levels, companies may be willing to pay somebody a high labor rate but only for intermittent periods of effort.

In our current times, I expect we will just let the "market sort things out" while the government mostly stands back. The trick will be to make sure the labor pool stays just desperate enough that the employers (aka donors) keep the upper hand. Increasingly, safety net programs for food/housing/medical care will have work requirements that keep the working class scrambling.

The usual rules will apply: the wealthy will gain ever higher shares of our nation's wealth. Corporations will run glowing ads featuring workers with "grit" who have made it. Those left behind will struggle with ill health, financial insecurity, addictions of all sorts and a generally gloomy outlook for their kids.

My income is not secure and, of course, comes without health insurance or a retirement plan. We decided to have my wife skip out of her career path and take a boring job with a non-profit mostly for health insurance. [/quote]

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