Economics
Covid Pandemic Turns America Into a Nation of Freelancers
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More than a third of the American workforce did at least some work on the side this year as the Covid-19 pandemic decimated jobs and wages.
That translates to 59 million people, or 2 million more than in 2019, according to the Freelance Forward report released Tuesday by Upwork, a firm that helps businesses find labor.