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Life is hard for everyone, but not equally

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Covid-19 has made this year difficult for everyone, and in countless ways. Young people have been blamed for causing case spikes, but they're also the ones who are just starting their time in the workforce and are more likely to be splitting rent with roommates. Families are coping with sharing home office space, but mothers are more likely to also be managing their kids' virtual educations and household duties. And while the WFH culture is likely to stick around for a lot of sectors, lower-wage earners don't have that option and are at higher risk of contracting Covid while bearing the psychological toll of that risk. Some of the economic changes brought about by the pandemic have actually been beneficial. What we are still learning, though, is that Covid-19 has brought plenty of bad things about our working lives to light. 

Covid-19 Explodes the Myth That Women 'Opt' Out — Sarah Green Carmichael

Those 'Gales of Creative Destruction' Are for Real — Justin Fox

Finance Workers Are Used to Surveillance. Just Not Like This. — Virginia Postrel

Tutoring Shouldn't Just Be for the Middle Class — Therese Raphael

U.K.'s Virus Deadlock Indicates a Bigger Challenge — Mohamed A. El-Erian

Everything's Too Expensive and Nothing Can Be Done — John Authers

When You Can't Work From Barcelona, Boulder Might Do — Justin Fox

Old Age Is the Next Global Economic Threat — Noah Smith

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