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What is the Gig economy?

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 In todays age, where technology has been made the first priority in many peoples lives, the gig economy has simultaneously experienced a rise in popularity.  First of all what is the gig economy? It is a labour market charecterised by the prevalance of short term contracts of freelance workers who dont engage in permenant jobs. These 'gig workers' typically work on a project or task basis, offering their services or skills to clients or companies for a specific duration. Personally, I have used multiple freelancing platforms such as Fiverr and 99Designs for short tasks and a cheap price. The availability of such workers who uptake and complete your task for a short period of time, provides significant satisfaction to customers or clients who might not be interested or have the funds to hire full time workers. Here listed out are some other primary reasons why the gig economy has seen outstanding growth. Digita platforms - As i mentioned at the begining, the internet and techno