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Edward Glaeser on Joblessness and the War on Work

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Are You a 50 Year Old Man or a Carmugeon?

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.

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