Has it felt like more people with job titles like “freelancer,” “self-employed” and “entrepreneur” are popping up? There’s a good reason for this: Self-employment is becoming more and more common thanks to the growing gig economy. The gig economy is the rising labor market that hires temporary, contracted workers instead of traditional employees. Companies are outsourcing tasks to already-trained, nonbenefited workers, and workers have a chance to work for multiple companies in temporary positions and quick gigs or to fulfill ongoing work. There are a lot of mixed feelings about the gig economy. One thing is clear, ... (full story)