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Men make more from their side hustles

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 26, 2018
A new survey from Bankrate.com finds nearly four in ten Americans have a side hustle. It’s a thing for millennials … and lots of other people too. Most do it to pad their income but nearly 40 percent take on extra work to make ends meet. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Street vending may be legal in Los Angeles by summer's end

by Aaron Schrank
Jun 22, 2018
But one person's vending cart is a brick-and-mortar shop's competition.
A street vendor sells fruit in Los Angeles in 2017. It's the only major U.S. city where street vending is illegal.
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The gig economy: It's not just for rides or rooms. It's also for taxes.

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Apr 17, 2018
A look at the on-demand workforce for accountants.
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Women and the gig economy: "Every job you have is essentially the last one"

by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Kimberly Adams
Mar 23, 2018
A recent Marketplace-Edison Research Poll found that only 39 percent of gig workers are women.
A dog walker awaits dogs to go on a crosswalk in New York, April 8, 2013.
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Women in the gig economy: We want to hear from you

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Mar 13, 2018
The gig economy is mostly male. Let's find out why.
Are you a woman working in the gig economy and have story to tell? Let us know.
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What makes gig economy workers anxious?

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 8, 2018
New data from the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll suggest nontraditional employees have a lot of financial worries.
A Lyft driver navigates to her passenger in San Francisco. A quarter of American workers now participate in the gig economy, the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll finds.
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What does labor organizing look like for you?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Aug 23, 2017
We want to hear your opinions about your rights as a worker.
Uber drivers protest company fare cuts in New York City in February 2016.
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What's your side hustle?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Jul 17, 2017
About 44 million Americans work a side hustle. Are you one of them? We want to hear your story.
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The rise of female co-working spaces

by Erika Beras
Mar 30, 2017
Women are creating professional settings that cater to their needs, like child care.
Amber Morris, a manager for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, works out of the Coterie between meetings.
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My Economy: The expensive side of working gigs

by Robert Garrova
Feb 16, 2017
A former engineer on why short-term jobs aren't just for millennials.
Co-working spaces like Cove in Washington, D.C., are growing as more people work the short-term jobs of the gig economy.
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