India Can’t Fix the Gig Economy with Social Security Alone
India may be moving toward social protection for gig workers, but welfare alone cannot fix a labour regime built on misclassification, opacity, and platform ...
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India may be moving toward social protection for gig workers, but welfare alone cannot fix a labour regime built on misclassification, opacity, and platform ...
A new study from Anthropic finds no systematic unemployment from AI. But the fine print reveals something worrying about who’s being quietly shut out.
AI agents are being framed as assistants and copilots, but they are better understood as part of a broader reorganisation of labour, ownership, and control.
Social security is necessary but insufficient — without algorithmic transparency and labour rights, gig work remains structurally precarious.
Algorithmic management replicates the shop‑floor discipline of the factory — without the employer’s obligations.
Why the promise of flexibility in food delivery is a carefully staged performance — and what policy must do instead.