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Why 'Wealth Work' Is Becoming A Fast Growing Industry

Low paid service jobs that often cater to higher-income customers are on the rise, everything from manicurists to Uber drivers. MIT economist David Autor calls it “wealth work.”

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), a senior editor at The Atlantic, about what’s happening.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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