Economy Jan 05 Column: Work means everything to us — and hereafter it can’t We’ve placed so many bets on the social, cultural and ethical import of work that when the labor market fails, we’re at a loss to explain what happened or to orient ourselves to a different set of meanings for work…
Economy Jan 03 Column: Why we need to say goodbye to work Work means everything to us. But our beliefs around work are no longer plausible. In fact, they’ve become ridiculous, because there’s not enough work to go around, and what there is of it won’t pay the bills.