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Pomposity: Tech And Big Business · Jan 6, 2021 · 35 min

E3: The Exploitation Economy: Why the Gig Economy Doesn't Work

We give a quick update on the results that Wonder Woman 1984 and Soul had on HBO Max and Disney+ subscribers. We also cover US holiday retail results and how online sales are driving retail growth more than before. We dive into Tesla's soaring stock price, if it's justified or not and who could potentially go head to head with them. Finally, we dive into why the business models of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are terrible and how little their contractors get paid.

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We give a quick update on the results that Wonder Woman 1984 and Soul had on HBO Max and Disney+ subscribers. We also cover US holiday retail results and how online sales are driving retail growth more than before. We dive into Tesla's soaring stock price, if it's justified or not and who could potentially go head to head with them. Finally, we dive into why the business models of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are terrible and how little their contractors get paid.