<p><b>_______</b><br><b>''Excellent''</b> Martin Wolf, <i>Financial Times </i>Books of the Year<br><b>''Essential''</b> Daniel Pink, author of <i>Drive</i><br><b>''Wonderful'' </b>Martin Ford, author of <i>The Rise of the Robots</i><br><b>_______</b><br><br><b>Profit. Innovation. Greed.</b><br><b>Welcome to the gig economy.</b><br><br>Between Uber drivers and Airbnb hosts, freelance jobs are becoming an increasingly prominent part of our economy.<br><br><b><i>Gigged </i></b>goes inside the Silicon Valley companies leading the way to this emerging ''gig economy''. It tells the stories of the workers - from computer programmers to online comment moderators - who are getting by in a new wave of precarious, short-term employment. And it sketches out what tomorrow''s economy might look like: one where the fortunate get to work when they want, how they want, while the rest live lives of extraordinary hardship.<br><br>It might just be the future of work for all of us.<br><br><br><b>*Longliste