Economics

Five Ways to Make U.S. Jobs of the Future Better Than Today’s

  • In ‘The Work of the Future,’ MIT authors lay out some ideas
  • New book calls for focus on R&D, better training, safety nets

An employee pushes a cart at a grocery store in New York. 

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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Judging by the record number of people who’ve quit their jobs in the pandemic -– the so-called Great Resignation -– millions of Americans don’t really like their work.