So companies like Uber, Postmates, Upwork and TaskRabbit claim that they are „liberating workers“ to become „independent,“ „in business for themselves“ and „the CEOs of their own businesses.“ In reality, the workers are vulnerable contractors, with no safety net benefits or job security, and they have little choice but to take ever-smaller jobs („gigs“ and „micro-gigs“) and low wages while the company profits in what I call the „share the crumbs“ economy.