tldr; a surprising 2000 peak in white collar jobs is the reason for high unemployment today + complex mathematical models of questionable importance bury unclear economic assumptions.
The great reversal in the demand for skill and cognitive tasks (2013) [pdf]
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Fair enough, they're too busy being poor to care about anyne else.
standing ovation However, it's not actually that fair enough. Some of the most generous spirited people I know are "poor".
It's really weird seeing people talk about 'poor' people when you have friends/family in third world countries. I also have friends in both tails of the distribution and my statement definitely holds.
No this is decidedly NOT anti-poor on my part. I definitely have a bleeding heart it was just a casual remark.