Last Wednesday, California passed a new bill that will force “gig workers” for companies like Uber and Lyft to be reclassified as permanent employees rather than independent contractors. Proponents of the bill see the gig economy through a moralistic lens in which…

No one likes surge pricing. I can confidently say that there has never been a person who has opened up their Uber or Lyft app and seen that fares were 50 to 100 percent higher and thought, “Oh, good!” That…

Following the publication of a paper authored primarily by Stanford professor Stephen Zoepf that suggested that Lyft and Uber drivers make a median hourly profit of $3.37, opponents of ridesharing quickly seized on the number. Major outlets such as NPR…