G d p, i say this as an economist who ellisons a often has written on the fact that utility can conclude non monitary things. We do tend with our focus on utility maximization income. And ore policy advice overwhelmingly focuses on the material. So i think you and i are in a minority in worrying about whether a werwer, 30 % or forty percent of americans are not working.
Why are fewer men working over the last few decades? Is a universal basic income a good policy for coping with the loss of employment? Economist Edward Glaeser of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what Glaeser calls the war on work--the policy changes that have reduced employment among prime-aged men. Glaeser does not see the universal basic income as a viable solution to the decrease in work especially if technology ends up reducing employment opportunities more dramatically in the future. The conversation also includes a discussion of the role of cities and the reduction in geographic mobility in the United States.