Nicholas Bloom

Inserted 3 years ago

“A third of the working population — office workers, senior management — can telework 100 percent of the time. Another third — clothing designers, real estate agents, scientific researchers — can do it most of the time, but will sometimes need to be onsite. And another third cannot do it at all. Most of these people are lower-paid service-sector workers, but you also have higher-range jobs like those held by dentists, surgeons, pilots. The skyscrapers and office buildings in the city centers that used to be our most valued real estate have become places people avoid out of fear of infection. I don’t see people growing comfortable with packed subway trains and elevators, and firms aren't going to want to open and close every time there’s a wave.”

Politico

Stanford University economist