The Future of Labor

by Conor Friedersdorf

Reihan is thinking about less skilled workers:

One wonders if the deterioration of the labor market position of
less-skilled workers might lead to a more "Confucian" arrangement in
United States, in which shared cultural practices are used to mitigate
sharper economic inequality. The increasing cultural heterogeneity of
U.S. society suggests otherwise.

Another possibility is that skilled workers will continue to consume more in-person services, thus creating an...