wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and a digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, justeat and deliveroo where people could work for less than an hour if they chose, rather than sign contracts for work for years. companies worth billions have been created leaving regulators and competitors running to catch up. statistics in this sector are difficult to come by. one american survey found that one in three workers in the united states are now freelance and their numbers the great resignation, following the pandemic. in india an official government think tank thinks there will be more than 23 million workers in the gig econom
that with these two. sarai soto, whose quiet quitting videos have had millions of views on tiktok. and professor anthony klotz, of university college london who coined the phrase the great resignation. also on the show, as shipping and supply chains continue to struggle, how quickly can digitising the paperwork bring costs down? i m going to be asking the big boss of the billion dollar start up tradeshift. where ever you are joining where ever you arejoining me where ever you are joining me from around the world, hello and where ever you are joining me from around the world, hello and welcome to the shore. the world of work has been through a two year revolution, noise us were locked out of the workplace during the first two waves of the pandemic. many companies moved to remote working quickly. otherjobs, whosejobs moved to remote working quickly. otherjobs, whose jobs were deemed essential, faced work and pressure like never before. many seem to have also faced burn out. as
nasa postpones the launch of the artemis space rocket on its mission to the moon, due to last minute technical issues. the next opportunity for the launch is on friday. liz truss pulls out of a planned bbc interview tomorrow. it comes as the foreign secretary s team hit back at criticism of her economic plans from the institute for fiscal studies. pakistan makes a global appealfor help after a flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 33 million. the ukrainian military has begun its long awaited offensive on the southern front. it claims to have broken through the first line of russian defence around the main city of kherson. now on bbc news, our reporter lora jones investigates if workers are being exploited and if hustle culture has gone too far in the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips