Labour Justice in the Platform Economy.
Recent years have witnessed the rise of digital platforms that allow economic agents to arrange ever more fine‐grained contracts. This article zooms in on labour‐based platforms that permit the hire of labour in a just‐in‐time fashion (and are part of the broader trend towards on‐demand work). Its p...
| Published in: | Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 235 - 251 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2024
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