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The Real Future of Work

It’s less about robots and the gig economy and more about companies stripping away the security full-time work has long afforded.

Danny Vinik Politico Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Business History Politics Tech

A World Without Work

If jobs as we’ve known them for a century are going away, what will replace them?

Derek Thompson The Atlantic Jul 2015 35min Permalink

Business

Opportunity's Knocks

Tereza Sedgwick trains to become a nurse aid, the fastest-growing job in America. It pays just better than minimum wage and has one of the highest burnout rates of any career.

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Previously: Eli Saslow on the Longform Podcast.

Eli Saslow Washington Post May 2014 Permalink

A Q&A With A Vacuum Cleaner Salesman

How do you sell a $3000 vacuum?

Mike Riggs The Awl Nov 2010 25min Permalink

Business World

Far From Home

On the foreign workers of Dubai, who now make up 90 percent of the city’s population.

Cynthia Gorney National Geographic Jan 2014 20min Permalink