Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times

The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers—a sociological exploration that reads like a novel.

This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners—gig workers, restaurant staff, early—career creatives, and minimum—wage laborers—do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interviews with nearly two hundred gig—based and precarious workers, conducted during the height of the pandemic, to uncover the unique ch...