Jun 26, 2016 steven hill talks about his book, raw deal. The two also discuss uber ceo travis kalanicks decision to resign, which he announced last week. This book touches several topics, some well, some poorly. Uber, ayn rand and the awesome collapse of silicon valleys dream. Were all at risk, and well need to choose our next steps wisely to prevent an economic collapse. Stephen hill has 96 books on goodreads with 46 ratings. The recent killing of a pedestrian by a selfdriving uber vehicle is the source of the latest negative headlines about this company. Opinion what dara khosrowshahi must do to save uber. Steven hill news and views from political author steven hill. Raw deal author steven hill on uber tech, the perils of the californian ideology. Why the european way is the best hope in an insecure age. The reaction was, oh, steve, your book is too extreme. Steven john hill born 6 june 1958 is an american writer, columnist and political reformer.
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Real time economics chats with steven hill, author of, raw deal. How the uber economy and runaway capitalism are screwing american workers ebook. Dec 08, 2015 hill may not like it or even address it much in the book but uber and airbnb are successful because they provide some value to society a better alternative to unreliable taxi service. Uber s board has picked dara khosrowshahi, leader of the online travel company expedia, to replace the embattled chief. Jan 10, 2016 journalist steven hill looks at changes in the u. How the uber economy and runaway capitalism are screwing american workers by steven hill st. How the uber economy and naked capitalism are screwing american workers steven hill. This article is partially excerpted from steven hill s book, raw deal. Nov 19, 2015 in november, san francisco voters defeated an antiairbnb ballot measure, but the bitter battle highlightedgrowing anxiety over the sharing economy. By steven hill, hans bockler stiftung, october 16, 2018. The development of increasingly sophisticated communications technology has resulted in the rise of a new economic model, the sharing economy, or as our december speaker, steven hill, calls it in the title of the recent book, the uber economy. Hes quite right about their faulty businesses models, to some degree, but his writing is spotty. Steven hills groundbreaking book on the parttime, unstable uber economy.
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