Week 8 Lecture - The Gig Economy

Lisa Yan, October 16th, 2025

Materials

• Slides

CS 195 Readings

• Required Grace Geyde. Court Upholds Prop. 22 in Big Win for Gig Firms Like Lyft and Uber. KQED. 2023.
• Required Levi Sumagaysay. California Uber and Lyft drivers closer to being able to unionize after crucial vote. Cal Matters. 2025.
• Recommended Suhauna Hussain. Prop. 22: California gig companies, workers get their day in appeals court. LA Times. 2022.
• Optional Sheelah Kolhatkar. Lina Khan’s Battle to Rein in Big Tech. The New Yorker. 2021.

CS H195 Readings

• Required Malcom Harris. Palo Alto : a history of California, capitalism, and the world [Chapter 5.3 - Bucket of Crabs & Speed Bumps]. Little, Brown and Company. 2023.
• Required Carolyn Chen. Work Pray Code [Introduction]. Princeton University Press. 2022.