Why Today’s Freelance Developers Have Gig Economy On Their Side

Andrei Tiburca, The Next Web
Thu, 08/31/2017 - 7:51am

The U.S. economy is estimated to grow at between 2.5 to 3 percent this year, and it’s positively affecting the gig economy and its nearly 54 million freelancers who are telecommuting from home and co-working spaces across the country. The impact is huge because by 2020, at least 40 percent of American laborers will be gig workers, according to a 2010 study by Intuit.

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