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We romanticize the 'gig economy' as a modern side-hustle, but how did economists view this labor model decades ago?

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We romanticize the 'gig economy' as a modern side-hustle, but how did economists view this labor model decades ago?

We romanticize the 'gig economy' as a modern side-hustle, but how did economists view this labor model decades ago?
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