Agreed.

Free Agent Nation [2001] advocated working for one self. But somehow we ended up with gig work.

What happened? Was "free agent" just another self-help con? A pretty good idea subverted? Unrealistic whimsy given our winner-takes-all economy?

I'm for more small businesses. I don't know how we get back to that.

Ideas?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165415.Free_Agent_Nation

I had not seen that book before. those more desirable kinds of self employment do exist too. It's hard for a person who is poor to build their skills and capital to get out of app gig work and into something better.