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Peter Dietsch, François Claveau and Clément Fontan, Do Central Banks Serve the People?
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Colin Crouch, Will the Gig Economy Prevail?
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For Joan
I am grateful to Joan Crouch for help with the whole text, and to Mark Freedland for passages of legal interpretation. Neither share responsibility for any defects in the final product.