Steven Hill
American Compass
San Francisco, CA, United States
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The 'Uber Economy' Needs Guardrails
Wingham Rowan wants to “remake the modern market,” while Neil Chilson wants “freedom from market frictions.” Yet neither seems to understand these markets from the perspective of the many freelancers and so-called “independent” contractors whom they purport to advocate for. Not all freelancers and contractors are the same. Depending on the occupation and […] → Read More
Why Uber's Desperate Prop 22 Is Bad for Drivers and Society
It would lock in this serf-like condition forever, since Prop 22 requires an unprecedented 88% vote by the state legislature to change it... Like so much about politics today, the debate around Uber and Lyft’s Proposition 22 in California has quickly become polarized. → Read More
Employers Are Using Surveillance Tech to Spy on Remote Workers
We must ensure that the pandemic is not used as an excuse to worsen conditions for remote employees. → Read More
The Case for Wearing a Mask and Voting Early In Person
In battleground states, vote by mail could contribute to Trump's "red mirage" lead on election night. → Read More
A Rundown of All the Ways Trump Is Overseeing an All Out, Under-the-Radar Attack on Workers
In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. → Read More
A Rundown of All the Ways Trump Is Overseeing an All Out, Under-the-Radar Attack on Workers
In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. → Read More
Troubled Mayoral Race in St. Louis Shows Need for Ranked Choice Voting
Ranked choice voting offers a proven solution that empowers communities of color as well as candidates. → Read More
How Airbnb Routinely Hoodwinks Your City
Governments often fail to gain access to Airbnb’s data revealing online transactions → Read More
Memo to Hillary Clinton: How to DOUBLE Social Security
My proposed plan for Social Security Plus would form the core of a new kind of deal for American workers. Making our retirement system more fair, innovative and stable will vastly improve everyday Americans’ lives. It also will put the national economy on a more solid footing, helping to preserve the robust middle-class society that made the United States a magnet for the world. Continue reading → Read More
Is the Sharing Economy Truly Green?
Uber and Airbnb and others may be hurting the environment by encouraging more consumption. → Read More
Why Driverless Cars Will Screech to a Halt
The liability and regulatory issues involved in letting a 3000 pound death machine steer itself with no human at the controls are huge. → Read More
How the Sharing Economy Screws American Workers
Fifty-one years ago, Bob Dylan's song "Maggie's Farm," a brilliant satire that compared the job prospects of that generation's youth to that of working on a dystopian plantation, was released on Dy... → Read More
The Ticking Time Bomb of Uber
Uber has a habit of nickel-and-diming the public, its drivers and cities where it operates, despite its being a multi-billion-dollar-valued company. → Read More
Car Wars: Uber Forces Democrats to Fight Over the Soul of the Party
What does it mean for Democrats when the president;s former campaign manager comes out against a group of workers not having the right to collective bargaining? → Read More
How Uber Drivers Could Trip Up CEO Travis Kalanick
If Uberis going to nickel-and-dime its “partners” in countless miserly ways, drivers will fight back. → Read More
$25 billion Airbnb may have met its match
Airbnb, the $US25 billion global hospitality behemoth, may have met its match. And right in its hometown of San Francisco. On Tuesday, November 3, the voters of San Francisco will vote on Proposition F, the citizens initiative that, if passed, will crack down on Airbnb’s business. In the heart of Silicon Valley, a coalition of homeowners, neighbourhood groups and tenants advocates gathered over… → Read More
The two faces of Airbnb
Steven Hill writes how Airbnb is increasingly used by professional landlords to evade rules meant to regulate the hotel industry, and how Airbnb could stop... → Read More
Welcome To The Share The Crumbs Economy
Is the gig up for the gig economy? → Read More
Welcome To The Share The Crumbs Economy
Is the gig up for the gig economy? → Read More
Creating A New Kind Of Safety Net For The Uber Economy
Creating a new social contract for a multi-employer world. → Read More