China’s netizens rage against professor who said gig work was a type of ‘welfare’
HONG KONG – The term “flexible employment” has gone viral in China after a prominent economics professor described gig work as a form of “welfare,“ drawing widespread public anger and highlighting deep anxieties over job insecurity.
Zhang Dandan, a professor of economics and deputy dean at Peking University’s National School of Development, made the remarks during a discussion on social protection for gig workers, on the popular financial show “Let’s Talk” last week.
She argued that from the perspective of labor economics, “flexibility itself is a form of welfare.”
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