Modern markets for all w/ Wingham Rowan - EP167

In The New Yorker, Wingham Rowan was described as a “labor reformer” who “wants to reimagine labor markets for the digital age.” In episode 167 of Economics Explored, Wingham talks to host Gene Tunny about the potential of Public Official e-Markets. Wingham is a former British TV presenter who is now the managing director at Modern Markets for All (MM4A), a non-profit seeking to advise governments on the possibilities of new market technologies. Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at contact@economicsexplored.com or sending a voice message via https://www.speakpipe.com/economicsexplored. Links relevant to the conversationWingham Rowan’s Modern Markets for All website:http://modernmarketsforall.com/TheMM4A non-profit:https://www.mm4a.socialNew Yorker coverage of Wingham’s work:https://www.newyorker.com/tech..../annals-of-technolog article by Wingham in which he argues “Market platforms are a natural monopoly; governments should dare to think about how they might initiate an alternative version for citizens and businesses.”https://www.cigionline.org/art....icles/its-time-to-bu Markets Initiative: https://www.modernmarketsinitiative.org/Articles on workforce scheduling tools:https://www.businesswire.com/n....ews/home/20151116006 Kronos has subsequently rebranded as UKG: https://www.ukg.comOn the  growth of irregular work hours:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0....5/31/business/econom Jobs Index from Cornell University:https://qz.com/1752676/the-job....-quality-index-is-th UK government program (then called “Slivers-of-Time” working):https://www.theguardian.com/po....litics/2010/nov/14/w fate of the Universal Credit program which the program was eventually folded into: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/15/universal-credit-colossal-catastrophe-national-audit-office   Website about MM4A’s gig work markets: www.BeyondJobs.comThe Californian platform in action: www.cedah.videoThe local website about the program: www.WorkLB.orgWikipedia article on the Tobin tax which Wingham mentions a few times:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax  Cr