My adult kids both work multiple gig jobs and live at home because they can't afford rent and I want to help but I also worry that supporting them is enabling a system that underpays workers and prevents them from demanding better. We're all trapped in this economy together but I don't know if helping them survive it is actually helping them.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family is grappling with whether financial support enables exploitation or provides necessary survival within an structurally unfair economic system.
“Where Are You with The gig economy — structural view?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.