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The 1099 Economy: A New Social Contract

The on-demand or “sharing” economy is exploding. Microenterprises are proliferating. Estimates of the percentage of the workforce that is “contingent” (or freelance, contract or self-employed) range widely from four to 40 percent.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Video

10.20.2015
Workforce Development

How To Strengthen the Safety Net for the 1099 Economy

Instead of trying to make the new economy look more like the old, Washington should encourage the innovative new internet-driven business models unfolding around the world to create more opportunities and upward economic mobility for everybody.

BY Senator Mark Warner

Blog Post

09.16.2015
Workforce Development

Reimagining the Full-Time Job

The freedom of being an independent worker currently comes at the cost of forfeiting certain benefits.

BY Zach St. Louis

Blog Post

09.16.2015
Employment and Jobs

The 1099 Workforce and Contingent Workers

As work evolves, how should policies evolve to ensure work still leads to a better future?

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Publication

09.10.2015
Workforce Development

The Future of Work in the Sharing Economy

An estimated 80 million “sharers” in the US bought services from companies such as Uber and TaskRabbit last year.

Blog Post

12.18.2014
Around the Institute

The Future of Work in the Sharing Economy

The sharing economy has gained traction and attention in the last few years. Also known as the "gig economy," "consumer-to-consumer sharing," and "peer-to- ...

Video

12.02.2014
Employment and Jobs

Can We Make Work Better?

This piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post. If we are to address the challenge that income inequality poses to our economy, our society and t ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

09.01.2014
Workforce Development

The Downside to Lower Labor Costs in the Sharing Economy

In this country, we believe in the value of work. Hard work is a prerequisite to economic success, and it is also held up as a virtue in itself. The American ideal is that if you work hard and save then you should be able to pay your bills and take care of yourself and your family. In other words, you should not be poor. The ways in which we organize work, however, may work against that ideal.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

08.29.2014