Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber?

We're all familiar with the gig economy - jobs that don't classify you as an employee, tell you you can "be your own boss," and take advantage of your precarious financial position. Why is this kind of "employment" growing so quickly? Is there anything we can do to stop it?
Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber? - Second Thought
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Uber 90k - 25k difference
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Uber monthly averages
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Uber and overexhaustion
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Unions and independent contractors
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Uber, Lyft and California’s Prop 22
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Uber and Lyft’s lobbyists
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Uber in the UK and 40-50% downtime
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Uber’s push for more full-time drivers
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70% of Ryanair pilots are independent contractors
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Uber for nursing
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53% of people aged 18-24 who work in the gig economy do so as their primary income source
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Princeton study - 94% net growth in employment is in alternative work
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Uber and Macron
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The gig economy
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