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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the percentage of millennials with full-time careers is rising at a brisk clip from 45% in 2016 to 66% in 2018, according to the data we collected. Most workers are still grabbing extra hours the old-fashioned way — tending bar or temp work on the side — not by being digitally summoned. 3: Gig is better.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' But Icahn’s campaign to get eBay to spin off PayPal succeeded last month.

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