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Why Aren't People Leaping?
In 18 53, karl marx took issue it the british economist magazine over its reporting on workers and wages. Given a chance to work less and live more, people were making a rational choice. I hear some of that nineteenth century debate and the reporting to day on the post pandemic labor market. More than 24 million americans quit work between april and september this year,. Many are staying out. Wages arising, oportunities are abounding. Why aren't people leaping? A social anthropologist told blumberg that it could be a sign of a shift back to a 19 sixties style counter cultural moment. Can see my discussion of exiting to
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