Are You a 50 Year Old Man or a Carmugeon?

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i think it's going to require the smart to be slightly more social. The monster in the back of this room is tat sector that has, in the 19 eighties, came and replaced manufacture. Services have had a less good ten to 15 year track record than they had in the the eighties. But services require social skills. And indeed, some of david demming's recent work has shown that if you look at wage growth of the last 15 years, the the occupations that have done well are those that actually involve interpersonal interactions as well as being smart,. not just being smart.

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.