In case anyone was wondering why the level of statistical sophistication on show here would embarrass many an English major, the primary author, Mark Muro, was

In case anyone was wondering why the level of statistical sophistication on show here would embarrass many an English major, the primary author, Mark Muro, was educated at Harvard and Berkeley, where he was presumably better at English literature than he now is at statistics or statistics-heavy journalism. Here is his CV: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/metro_20160809_markmurocv.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/metro_2... Including this gem from almost a decade ago: “Bill Gates, Not Congress, Has the Solution to Global Warming.” The Avenue, A blog of The New Republic. January 25, 2010. I'm glad that worked out so well for us. Don't miss this: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/08/23/instead-of-bemoaning-wealth-work-make-it-better/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/08/23/instead... Tl;dr: "wealth work" is here to stay, yes it's a "servant economy" but we should just tax and regulate, so that the servants feel better about their jobs walking the dogs of people too rich and lazy to walk their own dogs.