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November 21, 2016

Why Some Workers Love the Gig Economy

The gig economy remains fairly small — for now. Both RAND and JPMorgan Chase find that only about 0.5 percent of Americans earn labor income through gig platforms. However, this form of work is growing quickly. The JPMorgan analysts also reported that the number of Americans working in the gig economy grew by more than a factor of 50 between 2012 and 2015. The most prominent gig economy company — Uber — has quadrupled in size in less than two years. Uber grew from 160,000 active driver-partners in December 2014 to over 680,000 in September 2016.

November 17, 2016

Evolution of Work

How we work, where we work, and what we do. The answers to these questions are rapidly evolving and those responsible for supporting the workforce need to understand all facets of this evolution.

November 16, 2016

How Can We Address the Evolution of Work?

Tomorrow, Freelancers Union, with the New York Fed and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will host Evolution of WorkThis event will bring together diverse leaders from industry, labor, government, academia, and the social sector to explore how work is evolving, the size and impact of the gig economy, and policy to support the next workforce.

November 10, 2016

Reforming Culture Is Difficult but Achievable: Final Thoughts

A few weeks ago, we held our third conference at the New York Fed on reforming culture in financial services. Leading up to the conference, we shared some of what our moderators and participants were hoping to discuss throughout the day. Now that the conference is over, I wanted to take a few moments to discuss some of what we heard.

Criminal Accountability and Culture

This is being published from the New York Fed by a guest writer as part of Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry: Expanding the Dialogue. The views of the author are his own and are offered by the New York Fed to contribute to discussions on this topic.

October 20, 2016

Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry: Expanding the Dialogue

Today we continue a conversation at the New York Fed on reforming culture and behavior in the financial services industry. The theme of today’s conference is “Expanding the Dialogue,” and we’re applying that theme in a number of ways:

October 19, 2016

Technology and Culture

This is being published from the New York Fed by a guest writer as part of Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry: Expanding the Dialogue. The views of the author are his own and are offered by the New York Fed to contribute to discussions on this topic.

Measuring Culture and Conduct

This is being published from the New York Fed by a guest writer as part of Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry: Expanding the Dialogue. The views of the author are his own and are offered by the New York Fed to contribute to discussions on this topic.

October 18, 2016

Firm Progress Report

This is being published from the New York Fed by a guest writer as part of Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry: Expanding the Dialogue. The views of the author are his own and are offered by the New York Fed to contribute to discussions on this topic.

October 17, 2016

Financial Institution Supervision and Culture

October 20, 2016, will mark three years since the Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosted its first conference on Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry. While we have seen varied progress across the industry in addressing the issue, the persistence of misconduct and unacceptable behavior continues to raise serious questions for supervisors of financial institutions.

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