Uber: why the worlds biggest ride-sharing company has no drivers

The Guardian - Ubers carefully constructed public policy is designed to skirt regulationsso the person behind the wheel of your car is a partner or even a customerAt the beginning of last summer, Uber had about 80,000 regular drivers in the US. By the end of the season, it had none. The ride-sharing company had decided to call them driver-partners instead.Driver-partners, according to an upbeat paper written by Ubers head of economic research in January, are workers who choose to provide car rid