At Uber, the Algorithm Is More Controlling Than the Real Boss

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-43982

In defending his company against assertions that Uber drivers should be classified as employees, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick often wields the algorithm. Uber isn’t a boss, he argues. It’s a software platform that balances supply and demand to connect entrepreneurs with customers.

A new academic paper pokes holes in that argument.