New Orleans There’s one random phrase in Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick that for some reason has always struck such a deep chord with me that I’ve never forgotten it. One of the characters or perhaps the author, I really don’t remember now, speaks of “the unfathomable mysteries of life.” I’ve always thought that …
Month: May 2019
Boomer or Bust?
New Orleans I know we talk a lot about inequality, particularly the oceanic gulf between the 1% and the rest of us, and all of this is certainly true. At the same time, I’m starting to worry a bit about the “boomer affect” and what this is also doing to create a fair sized …
Gigging Workers Could End Gig Work
New Orleans Here is what I believe: there are more workers that have done gigs, than there are gig workers, and that there are few full-time gig workers, because they can’t make a living on gigs, because the companies are gigging them as workers. I am one of the few people in America who …