Uncovering how cash-in-hand economies are composed of not only the
underground sector (work akin to formal employment conducted for
profit-motivated purposes), but also a hidden economy of favours more
akin to mutual aid, this book displays the need to transcend
conventional market-oriented readings of cash-in-hand work and radically
rethink whether seeking its eradication through tougher regulations is
always appropriate. It argues for a variegated policy approach that
recognizes these two distinct forms of cash-in-hand work and which
tailors policy accordingly.