The only way it'd be worse for the economy would be if remote working somehow caused people to hoard money in cash in their house. So long as people are still s

The only way it'd be worse for the economy would be if remote working somehow caused people to hoard money in cash in their house. So long as people are still spending, or saving/investing their money in institutions that reinvest, then all that happens is a shift in where people's economic work is done. Restaurants in cities might suffer from losing the lunch time crowd, but people will spend that money somewhere else in the economy instead. Remote work is obviously not bad for the economy because the economy is basically a closed system.