People need and want stable, well-paying employment, with the hope of improved wages and conditions. As the on-demand economy grows, increased competition from other freelancers will drive down wages for those driving Uber riders or delivering groceries for Instacart. One reporter, writing for the business blog Quartz, compared the new, on-demand jobs enabled by smartphones to menial jobs he saw growing up in Mumbai, India: doing laundry, delivering lunches, and driving cars for the wealthy. You didn’t need technology to make these jobs happen; you just needed a large pool of laborers willing
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