According to a recent survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are fewer independent contractors working in the US now than there were in 2005. Does this mean that the end of the sharing economy is near? Jared Meyer, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability, joins the show to discuss the serious flaws in the survey’s methodology that led to a serious under-counting of independent contractors. For more, see his article in Reason, and his testimony before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
#204: Digital Learning: Future or a Flunk?
#203: Super Mathio? What We Learn From Video Games
#202: Artificial Intelligence
#201: Who Owns the Media?
#200: Bicentennial
#199: Telemedicine
#198: Social Media and Elections (w/ FEC Comm'r Lee Goodman)
#197: Technologiepolitik
#196: Online Voting
#195: Textalyzer
#194: Is the RAISE Act Sinking?
#193: NAFTA, Tech, and Trade
#192: Cyber Digest
#191: The Future of Online Music
#190: Thinking Outside the (X)Box
#189: Fighting Online Sex Trafficking
#188: Sex Offenders and Social Media
#187: Engaging Cuba
#186: Road to the Driverless Future Part 2 (Mass Transit)
#185: Law Enforcement Seeks Data Abroad
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