What if jobs are not the solution but the problem?

Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? Work means everything to us Americans. For centuries – since, say, 1650 – we’ve believed that it builds character (punctuality, initiative, honesty, self-discipline, and so forth). We’ve also believed that the market in labour, where we go to find work, has been relatively efficient in allocating opportunities and incomes.
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