The rising interest in remote work is largely an American phenomenon and an important trend to understand for its long-run impact on US productivity growth. The

The rising interest in remote work is largely an American phenomenon and an important trend to understand for its long-run impact on US productivity growth. The bottom line is that remote work is here to stay; workers hate commuting. The increasing popularity of remote work combined with new technology should lead to higher US productivity than the last 2 decades. This is a story about commuting and the increasing popularity of work-from-home, and we will start with an anecdote