Amazon, Airbnb and Gorillas make life easier. But these services are dangerous: The platform economy threatens to get out of control. How politics must now protect competition, customers and workers.
Essay by
Simon Gross
Imagine that a young company has been producing headlines for months because its employees use strikes and blockades to draw attention to their poor working conditions. Instead of accommodating them, the management simply throws the employees out. On top of that, the company is further from profitability than a hurdler who falls over the first three obstacles.