Episode Details

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. 

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Links relevant to the conversation

Wingham Rowan’s Modern Markets for All website:

http://modernmarketsforall.com/

TheMM4A non-profit:

https://www.mm4a.social

New Yorker coverage of Wingham’s work:

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/should-gig-work-be-government-run

CIGI 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/articles/its-time-to-build-public-utilities-for-essential-digital-services/

Modern Markets Initiative: https://www.modernmarketsinitiative.org/

Articles on workforce scheduling tools:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116006112/en/Kronos-Workforce-Central-8-Fastest-Adopted-Product-Release

http://modernmarketsforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/210120-Kronos-briefing.pdf

NB Kronos has subsequently rebranded as UKG: https://www.ukg.com

On the  growth of irregular work hours:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/economy/volatile-income-economy-jobs.html

Quality Jobs Index from Cornell University:

https://qz.com/1752676/the-job-quality-index-is-the-economic-indicator-weve-been-missing

The UK government program (then called “Slivers-of-Time” working):

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/14/welfare-reform-working-slivers-of-time

The 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.com

The Californian platform in action: www.cedah.video

The local website about the program: www.WorkLB.org

Wikipedia article on the Tobin tax which Wingham mentions a few times:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax  

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