The Gig Economy
The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want

Check, please. Reality check, that is. The people most likely to find this book helpful and uplifting are those who have already saved a few hundred thousand or who are partnered with someone with a stable income. It paints far too rosy a picture of the bleak reality. The truth is that the gig econo......more

We're not there yet. Most of the book speaks as though the Gig Economy is here and ready for you, but read the final chapter and you'll see that the pretty picture is really a vision of the future, and not currently viable. This book reads, mostly, like an advertisement for quitting your 9-to-5 and h......more

The author could have taken this book in many different directions, and she caught most of what I was expecting. The book focuses on living the life of a person living gig to gig. The feel is rosy, perhaps too rosy. The audience appears to be those that have safety nets in working spouses, insurance......more

An interesting read, and the author goes into a lot of how-to detail, which is much more useful than just a theoretical, academic look at the concept. However, the premise of the book and the ability for a person to actually to this rides on the fact that they have a skill or trade that easily trans......more

The Gig Economy Diane Mulcahy 2017 When a book makes you think it is a good book. This is an excellent book – full of errors (or some things to discuss, at the very least). The book tackles life as many of been raised to ‘expect’ it. Unfortunately that ‘life’ was a product of 1950s television. Does anyon......more