Delighted that this wonderful conversation with Michelle Jackson @mivich.bsky.social has now posted. Much of the conversation involves two fascinating books she has written:
The Division of Rationalized Labor
and
Manifesto for A Dream: Inequality, Constraint, and Radical Reform.
Steven Durlauf
@mivich.bsky.social argues that inequality is too large a problem to be solved through incremental changes alone.
In her episode of The Inequality Podcast, she applies that same structural lens to the changing nature of work, examining why job responsibilities keep expanding. Listen: bit.ly/4vtapq9
Video
UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility