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Today’s Economic Democracy Weekly features an interview from NPQ’s latest magazine issue with Sarita Gupta, Vice President of U.S. Programs at the Ford Foundation, on the future of work—and workers. We also offer a chapter on the rise of the gig economy and reclaiming technology from her new book with Erica Smiley. Next, we introduce a new series, “Checking Corporate Welfare, Stories from the Front Lines,” produced in partnership with Good Jobs First, that critiques a system of corporate tax incentives that costs states and local government $95 billion a year —and lifts up how local groups are organizing to challenge this system. Finally, we bring you an excerpt from Phil Jones’ Work Without the Worker on the way that “microwork” shapes and creates the power of platform capitalism worldwide.
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